S&P Global (SPGI) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

S&P Global's Return on Capital Employed history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 13.36% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 270.0% year-over-year to 13.36% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 13.36% (up 270.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 12.21%, up 187.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed was 13.36% for Q1 2026 at S&P Global, up from 12.26% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 14.42% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 6.55% in Q2 2023.
• A 5-year average of 9.65% and a median of 8.9% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed sank 3040 bps — and 2024, when it jumped 297 bps.
• S&P Global's Return on Capital Employed stood at 8.86% in 2022, then fell by 17 bps to 7.38% in 2023, then soared by 40 bps to 10.35% in 2024, then gained by 18 bps to 12.26% in 2025, then grew by 9 bps to 13.36% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows SPGI's Return on Capital Employed at 13.36% in Q1 2026, 12.26% in Q4 2025, and 11.26% in Q3 2025.