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Gartner (IT) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Gartner (IT) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 0.29% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.29%, compared with a TTM value of 0.29% through Dec 2025, up 1.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.24%, down 3.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.29% for Q4 2025 at Gartner, up from 0.23% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.33% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 0.14% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.26%, with a median of 0.27% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Capital Employed increased 12bps in 2021, then decreased -7bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.24% in 2021, then soared by 39bps to 0.33% in 2022, then decreased by -1bps to 0.33% in 2023, then dropped by -17bps to 0.27% in 2024, then rose by 4bps to 0.29% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for IT at 0.29% in Q4 2025, 0.23% in Q3 2025, and 0.24% in Q2 2025.