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Royal Gold (RGLD) Return on Capital Employed (2017 - 2025)

Royal Gold has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 9 years, most recently at 0.09% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.09% for Q4 2025, down 4.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.09% (down 4.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.1%, down 3.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.09% at Royal Gold, down from 0.14% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for RGLD hit a ceiling of 0.15% in Q2 2025 and a floor of 0.08% in Q3 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.1% (2021), compared with a mean of 0.11%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: rose 5bps in 2021 and later decreased -4bps in 2022.
  • Royal Gold's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.1% in 2021, then fell by -19bps to 0.08% in 2022, then grew by 10bps to 0.09% in 2023, then soared by 44bps to 0.13% in 2024, then decreased by -30bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.14% (Q3 2025), and 0.15% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.