Growth Metrics

Qualcomm (QCOM) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Qualcomm (QCOM) has 17 years of Return on Invested Capital data on record, last reported at 0.14% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 12.0% year-over-year to 0.14%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.14%, down 12.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.14%, 12.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.14% in Q4 2025 per QCOM's latest filing, up from 0.14% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.48% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.14% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.3%, with a median of 0.27% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: grew 23bps in 2021, then dropped -23bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.4% in 2021, then decreased by -2bps to 0.39% in 2022, then crashed by -43bps to 0.22% in 2023, then rose by 16bps to 0.26% in 2024, then crashed by -45bps to 0.14% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Invested Capital were 0.14% in Q4 2025, 0.14% in Q3 2025, and 0.27% in Q2 2025.