Alphabet (GOOGL) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2015 - 2026)
Alphabet (GOOGL) reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 18.61% for Q2 2026, down 8.44 percentage points from 27.05% a year earlier and down 3.75 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Alphabet (GOOGL) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Alphabet posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 26.92%, down 2.84 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of +11.31 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 29.76% in FY2024 (+4.12 pp), 25.64% in FY2023 (+2.22 pp), 23.42% in FY2022 (-2.81 pp) and 26.23% in FY2021 (+10.62 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since Q1 2021.
- Year over year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has now declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.38 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in five years was Q4 2021 (a gain of 10.21 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2026 (a drop of 8.44 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 22.36% (Q1 2026), 24.68% (Q4 2025) and 25.52% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet | 4,173.87 Bn | 3,931.39 Bn | 73.85 Bn | 18.61% |
| 2 | Meta Platforms | 1,849.67 Bn | 1,552.19 Bn | 49.47 Bn | 20.90% |
| 3 | Netflix | 279.23 Bn | 239.43 Bn | 6.52 Bn | 26.42% |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding | 245.86 Bn | 63.73 Bn | 15.11 Bn | 2.33% |
| 5 | Shopify | 196.08 Bn | 173.27 Bn | 1.71 Bn | - |
| 6 | Uber Technologies | 138.90 Bn | 110.88 Bn | 6.38 Bn | 17.38% |
| 7 | Booking Holdings | 119.48 Bn | 52.53 Bn | - | 75.49% |
| 8 | PDD Holdings | 107.30 Bn | -144.64 Bn | 9.45 Bn | - |
| 9 | Spotify Technology | 97.33 Bn | 54.56 Bn | 1.86 Bn | - |
| 10 | Airbnb | 95.83 Bn | 49.06 Bn | 2.98 Bn | 21.49% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 18.61% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 22.36% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 24.68% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 25.52% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 27.05% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 28.28% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 28.36% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 27.63% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 27.29% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 26.41% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 24.93% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 23.60% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 22.26% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 21.96% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 23.34% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 24.88% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 25.80% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 25.96% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 25.11% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 23.57% |
API Access
Alphabet Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=GOOGL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "GOOGL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=GOOGL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();