Growth Metrics

Alphabet (GOOGL) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Historic Return on Invested Capital for Alphabet (GOOGL) over the last 11 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.25%.

  • Alphabet's Return on Invested Capital fell 400.0% to 0.25% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Dec 2025 it was 0.25%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 400.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.27% for FY2025, which is 300.0% down from last year.
  • Alphabet's Return on Invested Capital amounted to 0.25% in Q4 2025, which was down 400.0% from 0.27% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Alphabet's Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.29% in Q4 2024 and a low of 0.18% during Q1 2021
  • Its 5-year average for Return on Invested Capital is 0.26%, with a median of 0.26% in 2021.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Alphabet's Return on Invested Capital skyrocketed by 1000bps in 2021, and later plummeted by -400bps in 2023.
  • Over the past 5 years, Alphabet's Return on Invested Capital (Quarter) stood at 0.26% in 2021, then dropped by -7bps to 0.24% in 2022, then grew by 6bps to 0.25% in 2023, then grew by 13bps to 0.29% in 2024, then decreased by -13bps to 0.25% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 0.25% in Q4 2025, 0.27% for Q3 2025, and 0.28% during Q2 2025.