Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) Return on Invested Capital (2015 - 2018)

Alphabet (GOOGL) has reported Return on Invested Capital for 4 consecutive years, with 0.18% the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2018.

• In Q4 2018, Return on Invested Capital changed N/A year-over-year to 0.18%; the TTM figure through Dec 2018 stood at 0.18% (changed N/A YoY), while the FY2015 annual figure was 0.05%, changed N/A from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital improved to 0.18% in Q4 2018 per GOOGL's latest filing, from 0.12% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.18% in Q4 2018 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q2 2016.
• Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.06% across 4 years, with a median of 0.03% in 2015.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2016 — Return on Invested Capital decreased 1 bps — and 2017, when it grew 3 bps.
• Alphabet's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.03% in 2015, then climbed by 5 bps to 0.03% in 2016, then jumped by 92 bps to 0.05% in 2017, then soared by 249 bps to 0.18% in 2018.
• Business Quant data shows GOOGL's Return on Invested Capital at 0.18% in Q4 2018, 0.12% in Q3 2018, and 0.1% in Q2 2018.