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

Gartner's Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.29% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.29%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.29%, up 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.24%, 3.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.29% in Q4 2025 per IT's latest filing, up from 0.23% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.33% in Q1 2023 to a low of 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.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: increased 12bps in 2021, then decreased -7bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for IT's Return on Capital Employed are 0.29% (Q4 2025), 0.23% (Q3 2025), and 0.24% (Q2 2025).