Growth Metrics

Playboy (PLBY) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2025)

Playboy (PLBY) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 6 consecutive years, with 0.04% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 19.0% to 0.04% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.04% through Dec 2025, up 19.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.04% for FY2025, 16.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.04% in Q4 2025 for Playboy, up from 0.07% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.02% in Q1 2021 to a low of 1.26% in Q2 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.38% across 5 years, with a median of 0.22% in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: crashed -119bps in 2023 and later skyrocketed 83bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.09% in 2021, then crashed by -603bps to 0.63% in 2022, then tumbled by -51bps to 0.94% in 2023, then surged by 76bps to 0.23% in 2024, then surged by 84bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for PLBY at 0.04% in Q4 2025, 0.07% in Q3 2025, and 0.21% in Q2 2025.