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Gartner (IT) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Gartner filings provide 17 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 26.7% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 209.0% to 26.7% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 26.7%, a 209.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 24.2%, down 322.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 26.7% in Q1 2026 for Gartner, down from 28.53% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 33.22% in Q1 2023 to a low of 23.03% in Q1 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 27.39% (2024), compared with a mean of 27.99%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: surged 1019bps in 2023 and later plummeted -654bps in 2024.
  • Gartner's Return on Capital Employed stood at 33.18% in 2022, then decreased by -1bps to 32.87% in 2023, then dropped by -17bps to 27.39% in 2024, then increased by 4bps to 28.53% in 2025, then decreased by -6bps to 26.7% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 26.7% (Q1 2026), 28.53% (Q4 2025), and 23.48% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.