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

Global Business Travel's Return on Capital Employed history runs 5 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 2.23% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 328.0% year-over-year to 2.23%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.23% (down 328.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 4.5%, up 54.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed was 2.23% for Q1 2026 at Global Business Travel, down from 3.76% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 5.51% in Q1 2025 to a low of 27.74% in Q2 2022.
• Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 2.81% across 5 years, with a median of 0.6% in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2026: Return on Capital Employed surged 2479 bps in 2023, then plunged 328 bps in 2026.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 6.73% in 2022, then jumped by 96 bps to 0.27% in 2023, then soared by 1575 bps to 3.95% in 2024, then retreated by 5 bps to 3.76% in 2025, then plunged by 41 bps to 2.23% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 2.23% (Q1 2026), 3.76% (Q4 2025), and 4.38% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.