Growth Metrics

GameStop (GME) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

GameStop has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 18 years, most recently at 2.36% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 285.0% to 2.36% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 2.36% through Jan 2026, up 285.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 3.1% for FY2026, 383.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 2.36% for Q1 2026 at GameStop, up from 1.86% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 2.36% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 35.63% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 1.73% (2024), against an average of 8.14%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed tumbled -2701bps in 2022 and then skyrocketed 3280bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 35.63% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 92bps to 2.83% in 2023, then surged by 63bps to 1.06% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 275bps to 1.86% in 2025, then grew by 27bps to 2.36% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GME's Return on Capital Employed are 2.36% (Q1 2026), 1.86% (Q4 2025), and 1.26% (Q3 2025).