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

Qualcomm has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.14% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.14% for Q4 2025, down 12.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.14% (down 12.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.14%, down 12.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.14% at Qualcomm, up from 0.14% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for QCOM hit a ceiling of 0.48% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 0.14% in Q3 2025.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.27% (2025), compared with a mean of 0.3%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: rose 23bps in 2021 and later fell -23bps in 2023.
  • Qualcomm's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.4% in 2021, then decreased by -2bps to 0.39% in 2022, then tumbled by -43bps to 0.22% in 2023, then increased by 16bps to 0.26% in 2024, then tumbled by -45bps to 0.14% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.14% (Q4 2025), 0.14% (Q3 2025), and 0.27% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.