Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Royal Caribbean Cruises has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 16.68% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 16.68%, up 72.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 16.68% (up 72.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 17.99%, up 237.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 16.68% for Q1 2026 at Royal Caribbean Cruises, down from 17.04% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 17.04% in Q4 2025 to a low of 15.94% in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 13.29% (2024), against an average of 7.53%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed plunged 230 bps in 2022 and soared 2017 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Royal Caribbean Cruises' Return on Capital Employed stood at 3.06% in 2022, then jumped by 483 bps to 11.72% in 2023, then rose by 29 bps to 15.07% in 2024, then climbed by 13 bps to 17.04% in 2025, then slipped by 2 bps to 16.68% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 16.68% (Q1 2026), 17.04% (Q4 2025), and 16.51% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.