Growth Metrics

S&P Global (SPGI) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

S&P Global (SPGI) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 0.12% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 2.0% year-over-year to 0.12%, compared with a TTM value of 0.12% through Dec 2025, up 2.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.12%, up 2.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.12% for Q4 2025 at S&P Global, up from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.41% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 0.07% in Q4 2023.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.19%, with a median of 0.11% recorded in 2025.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Capital Employed dropped -30bps in 2022, then rose 3bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.39% in 2021, then crashed by -77bps to 0.09% in 2022, then dropped by -17bps to 0.07% in 2023, then surged by 40bps to 0.1% in 2024, then grew by 18bps to 0.12% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for SPGI at 0.12% in Q4 2025, 0.11% in Q3 2025, and 0.11% in Q2 2025.