Growth Metrics

MediaAlpha (MAX) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2025)

MediaAlpha (MAX) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 5 consecutive years, with 0.12% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 24.0% to 0.12% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.12%, a 24.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.13%, down 44.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.12% for Q4 2025 at MediaAlpha, down from 0.27% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.37% in Q4 2024 to a low of 0.63% in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.08% and a median of 0.04% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: tumbled -47bps in 2023, then surged 99bps in 2024.
  • MediaAlpha's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.01% in 2021, then plummeted by -2235bps to 0.25% in 2022, then crashed by -149bps to 0.63% in 2023, then soared by 159bps to 0.37% in 2024, then crashed by -66bps to 0.12% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MAX's Return on Capital Employed are 0.12% (Q4 2025), 0.27% (Q3 2025), and 0.15% (Q2 2025).