Growth Metrics

Inuvo (INUV) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025)

Inuvo (INUV) reported Return on Capital Employed of 51.11% for Q4 2025, down 771.0% year-over-year from 7.62% in Q4 2024, and down 1.27% on a QoQ basis from 50.47% in Q3 2025.

Inuvo (INUV) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 51.11% in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 771.0% year-over-year to 51.11% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 51.11% (down 771.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 47.03%, down 873.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed fell to 51.11% in Q4 2025 per INUV's latest filing, from 50.47% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 21.99% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 82.31% in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 46.12% (2024), against an average of 44.25%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed sank 5479 bps; it then surged 3348 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing INUV's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 22.95% in 2021, then tumbled by 139 bps to 54.8% in 2022, then increased by 4 bps to 52.64% in 2023, then grew by 18 bps to 43.4% in 2024, then slipped by 18 bps to 51.11% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest INUV Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 51.11% (Q4 2025), 50.47% (Q3 2025), and 38.78% (Q2 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 40.19%
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 12.51%
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 12.81%
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 12.40%
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 12.32%
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 17.43%
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 49.21%
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn -20.99%
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 23.43%
10 Inuvo 23.16 Mn 20.32 Mn 9.46 Mn -51.11%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -51.11%
Sep 30, 2025 -50.47%
Jun 30, 2025 -38.78%
Mar 31, 2025 -35.89%
Dec 31, 2024 -43.40%
Sep 30, 2024 -62.58%
Jun 30, 2024 -48.84%
Mar 31, 2024 -51.88%
Dec 31, 2023 -52.64%
Sep 30, 2023 -63.32%
Jun 30, 2023 -82.31%
Mar 31, 2023 -64.94%
Dec 31, 2022 -54.80%
Sep 30, 2022 -35.11%
Jun 30, 2022 -27.53%
Mar 31, 2022 -21.99%
Dec 31, 2021 -22.95%
Sep 30, 2021 -25.49%
Jun 30, 2021 -26.16%
Mar 31, 2021 -24.91%
Dec 31, 2020 -30.36%
Sep 30, 2020 -29.67%
Jun 30, 2020 -36.82%
Mar 31, 2020 -53.73%
Dec 31, 2019 -52.05%
Sep 30, 2019 -61.36%
Jun 30, 2019 -59.74%
Mar 31, 2019 -43.29%
Dec 31, 2018 -33.66%
Sep 30, 2018 -22.33%
Jun 30, 2018 -19.26%
Mar 31, 2018 -22.22%
Dec 31, 2017 -26.40%
Sep 30, 2017 -25.05%
Jun 30, 2017 -18.19%
Mar 31, 2017 -16.63%
Dec 31, 2016 -5.70%
Sep 30, 2016 0.47%
Jun 30, 2016 7.18%
Mar 31, 2016 13.37%
Dec 31, 2015 14.57%
Sep 30, 2015 16.14%
Jun 30, 2015 15.95%
Mar 31, 2015 14.11%
Dec 31, 2014 16.31%
Sep 30, 2014 9.28%
Jun 30, 2014 13.19%
Mar 31, 2014 9.87%
Dec 31, 2013 0.12%
Sep 30, 2013 -4.78%
Jun 30, 2013 -15.59%
Mar 31, 2013 -33.73%
Dec 31, 2012 -38.43%
Sep 30, 2012 -40.96%
Jun 30, 2012 -39.11%
Mar 31, 2012 -83.03%
Dec 31, 2011 -219.08%
Sep 30, 2011 -72.99%
Jun 30, 2011 -47.70%
Mar 31, 2011 -56.65%