Growth Metrics

Global Business Travel (GBTG) Return on Capital Employed (2022 - 2026)

Global Business Travel has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years, most recently at 2.23% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 328.0% year-over-year to 2.23%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 2.23%, down 328.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 4.5%, 54.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 was 2.23% at Global Business Travel, down from 3.76% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 5.51% in Q1 2025 and troughed at 27.74% in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 2.81% and a median of 0.6% in 2024 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: surged 2479bps in 2023 and later crashed -328bps in 2026.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 6.73% in 2022, then soared by 96bps to 0.27% in 2023, then surged by 1575bps to 3.95% in 2024, then fell by -5bps to 3.76% in 2025, then crashed by -41bps to 2.23% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for GBTG at 2.23% in Q1 2026, 3.76% in Q4 2025, and 4.38% in Q3 2025.