Usa Today (TDAY) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2026)

Usa Today's (TDAY) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 18.96% in Q1 2026, up 1781.0% year-on-year from 1.01% in Q1 2025, and up 34.66% quarter-over-quarter from 14.08% in Q4 2025.

Usa Today (TDAY) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Usa Today has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 13 years of filings, most recently posting 18.96% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 18.96%, up 1781.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 18.96% (up 1781.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 9.41%, up 1215.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 18.96% for Q1 2026 at Usa Today, up from 14.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 18.96% in Q1 2026 to a low of 2.84% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 1.31% (2023), against an average of 3.29%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 2178 bps in 2022 and plunged 797 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Usa Today's Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.85% in 2022, then jumped by 378 bps to 5.13% in 2023, then plunged by 155 bps to 2.84% in 2024, then soared by 595 bps to 14.08% in 2025, then jumped by 35 bps to 18.96% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 18.96% (Q1 2026), 14.08% (Q4 2025), and 7.22% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Pearson 13.48 Bn 13.03 Bn - -
2 New York Times 12.54 Bn 11.90 Bn -372.70 Mn 18.97%
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.34 Bn 2.24 Bn 302.26 Mn 13.35%
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn 18.96%
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn 1.37%
6 Lee Enterprises 142.56 Mn 91.60 Mn 59.21 Mn 3.34%
7 TNL Mediagene 97.70 Mn 95.77 Mn - -
8 Educational Development 11.90 Mn 10.56 Mn 2.47 Mn -14.17%
9 Pearson - - - -
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn 13.35%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 18.96%
Dec 31, 2025 14.08%
Sep 30, 2025 7.22%
Jun 30, 2025 4.09%
Mar 31, 2025 1.15%
Dec 31, 2024 -2.84%
Sep 30, 2024 -2.06%
Jun 30, 2024 0.64%
Mar 31, 2024 1.03%
Dec 31, 2023 5.13%
Sep 30, 2023 4.84%
Jun 30, 2023 1.31%
Mar 31, 2023 -0.65%
Dec 31, 2022 -1.85%
Sep 30, 2022 -1.24%
Jun 30, 2022 1.54%
Mar 31, 2022 4.58%
Dec 31, 2021 4.94%
Sep 30, 2021 4.60%
Jun 30, 2021 3.14%