NetEase (NTES) Return on Invested Capital (2021 - 2026)

NetEase (NTES) posted Return on Invested Capital of 37.61% for Q1 2026, up 16.49% on a QoQ basis from 32.28% in Q4 2025, and up 1020.0% year-over-year from 3.36% in Q1 2025.

NetEase (NTES) Return on Invested Capital (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

NetEase's Return on Invested Capital history runs 5 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 37.61% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 1020.0% year-over-year to 37.61% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 37.61% (up 1020.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 24.15%, changed N/A from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 37.61% for Q1 2026 at NetEase, up from 32.28% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 37.61% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 0.05% in Q1 2022.
  • A 4-year average of 13.04% and a median of 0.07% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Invested Capital slipped 2 bps — and 2026, when it surged 1020 bps.
  • NetEase's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.06% in 2022, then climbed by 22 bps to 0.07% in 2023, then jumped by 43273 bps to 32.28% in 2025, then rose by 16 bps to 37.61% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows NTES's Return on Invested Capital at 37.61% in Q1 2026, 32.28% in Q4 2025, and 29.65% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Electronic Arts 52.46 Bn 49.60 Bn 1.76 Bn 0.01%
2 Take Two Interactive Software 48.15 Bn 47.69 Bn 938.70 Mn 0.00%
3 Roblox 33.85 Bn 30.63 Bn 1.15 Bn -
4 Gdev 2.31 Bn 2.31 Bn 85.00 Mn -
5 NetEase 2.16 Bn -7,331,731.34 Bn 3.06 Bn 37.61%
6 Playtika Holding 1.35 Bn 575.11 Mn 552.50 Mn -0.03%
7 Gravity 418.32 Mn 418.18 Mn 35,341.61 -
8 Meridian Holdings 152.70 Mn 138.17 Mn 28.14 Mn -0.02%
9 Firy 128.08 Mn -57.32 Mn 25.51 Mn 0.00%
10 CTW Cayman 118.94 Mn 99.19 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 37.61%
Dec 31, 2025 32.28%
Sep 30, 2025 29.65%
Jun 30, 2025 29.08%
Mar 31, 2025 27.40%
Sep 30, 2023 0.07%
Jun 30, 2023 0.07%
Mar 31, 2023 0.07%
Dec 31, 2022 0.06%
Sep 30, 2022 0.06%
Jun 30, 2022 0.06%
Mar 31, 2022 0.05%
Dec 31, 2021 0.06%
Sep 30, 2021 0.08%
Jun 30, 2021 0.07%
Mar 31, 2021 0.07%