Growth Metrics

Alphabet (GOOGL) Return on Assets (2016 - 2025)

Alphabet (GOOGL) has disclosed Return on Assets for 11 consecutive years, with 0.23% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Assets rose 1.0% to 0.23% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.23% through Dec 2025, up 1.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.25% for FY2025, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Assets for Q4 2025 was 0.23% at Alphabet, down from 0.24% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Assets was 0.24% in Q1 2025, with the low at 0.16% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Assets over 5 years is 0.2%, with a median of 0.21% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Assets grew 9bps in 2021, then fell -5bps in 2022.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Assets stood at 0.22% in 2021, then dropped by -23bps to 0.17% in 2022, then increased by 11bps to 0.18% in 2023, then increased by 23bps to 0.23% in 2024, then grew by 3bps to 0.23% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Assets over the past three periods came in at 0.23%, 0.24%, and 0.24% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.