Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) Return on Capital Employed (2012 - 2026)

Meta Platforms has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 15 years of filings, most recently posting 26.53% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 340.0% year-over-year to 26.53%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 26.53% (down 340.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 29.83%, down 182.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed fell to 26.53% in Q1 2026, from 28.41% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for META reached as high as 31.46% in Q2 2025 and fell as low as 17.31% in Q1 2023.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 27.55% (2022), against an average of 26.04%.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed tumbled 1324 bps — and 2024, when it soared 1215 bps.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 18.64% in 2022, then jumped by 31 bps to 24.48% in 2023, then rose by 22 bps to 29.82% in 2024, then retreated by 5 bps to 28.41% in 2025, then declined by 7 bps to 26.53% in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 26.53%, 28.41%, and 31.22% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.