Growth Metrics

Netflix (NFLX) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Netflix has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.3% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.3% for Q4 2025, up 5.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.3% (up 5.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.31%, up 5.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.3% at Netflix, up from 0.29% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for NFLX hit a ceiling of 0.3% in Q4 2025 and a floor of 0.13% in Q1 2023.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.18% (2021), compared with a mean of 0.2%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: decreased -5bps in 2022 and later increased 10bps in 2024.
  • Netflix's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.18% in 2021, then dropped by -20bps to 0.14% in 2022, then rose by 23bps to 0.17% in 2023, then soared by 43bps to 0.25% in 2024, then increased by 22bps to 0.3% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.3% (Q4 2025), 0.29% (Q3 2025), and 0.28% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.