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

Gartner's Return on Invested Capital history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.44% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 8.0% year-over-year to 0.44%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.44%, down 8.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.53%, 8.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.44% in Q4 2025 per IT's latest filing, up from 0.29% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 1.12% in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.27% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.57%, with a median of 0.54% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: surged 46bps in 2022, then plummeted -64bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.65% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 71bps to 1.12% in 2022, then crashed by -58bps to 0.47% in 2023, then rose by 10bps to 0.52% in 2024, then decreased by -15bps to 0.44% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for IT's Return on Invested Capital are 0.44% (Q4 2025), 0.29% (Q3 2025), and 0.35% (Q2 2025).