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

Meta Platforms (META) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 26.53% in Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 26.53%, down 340.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 26.53% (down 340.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 29.83%, down 182.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed eased to 26.53% in Q1 2026 per META's latest filing, from 28.41% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 31.46% in Q2 2025 and troughed at 17.31% in Q1 2023.
• A 5-year average of 26.04% and a median of 27.55% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed sank 1324 bps in 2022, then soared 1215 bps in 2024.
• 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.
• Business Quant data shows META's Return on Capital Employed at 26.53% in Q1 2026, 28.41% in Q4 2025, and 31.22% in Q3 2025.