Growth Metrics

O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 0.09% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 41.0% to 0.09% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.09%, a 41.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.1%, down 43.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.09% for Q4 2025 at O Reilly Automotive, down from 0.46% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.56% in Q3 2023 to a low of 0.09% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.44% and a median of 0.52% in 2024 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 43bps in 2021, then crashed -41bps in 2025.
  • O Reilly Automotive's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.5% in 2021, then increased by 11bps to 0.55% in 2022, then dropped by -4bps to 0.53% in 2023, then decreased by -4bps to 0.5% in 2024, then crashed by -82bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ORLY's Return on Capital Employed are 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.46% (Q3 2025), and 0.48% (Q2 2025).