Growth Metrics

Hp (HPQ) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Hp has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 18 years, most recently at 24.98% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 612.0% to 24.98% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 24.98% through Jan 2026, down 612.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 27.41% for FY2025, 1167.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 24.98% for Q1 2026 at Hp, down from 27.47% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 62.42% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 24.98% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 31.1% (2025), against an average of 34.1%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed plummeted -3101bps in 2022 and then skyrocketed 905bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 35.95% in 2022, then dropped by -22bps to 28.03% in 2023, then surged by 32bps to 37.08% in 2024, then dropped by -26bps to 27.47% in 2025, then decreased by -9bps to 24.98% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HPQ's Return on Capital Employed are 24.98% (Q1 2026), 27.47% (Q4 2025), and 27.97% (Q3 2025).