At&T (T) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

At&T (T) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 6.77% in Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 6.77%, up 132.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6.77% (up 132.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 6.83%, up 145.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed rose to 6.77% in Q1 2026 per T's latest filing, from 6.57% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 6.77% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 1.28% in Q4 2022.
• A 5-year average of 4.28% and a median of 5.48% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed tumbled 712 bps in 2022, then surged 787 bps in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 1.28% in 2022, then jumped by 615 bps to 6.59% in 2023, then fell by 17 bps to 5.48% in 2024, then increased by 20 bps to 6.57% in 2025, then increased by 3 bps to 6.77% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows T's Return on Capital Employed at 6.77% in Q1 2026, 6.57% in Q4 2025, and 6.57% in Q3 2025.