Telefonica S A (TEFOF) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2025)
Telefonica S A (TEFOF) recorded Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 5.18% in Q3 2025, down 0.49 percentage points from 5.67% a year earlier and down 0.28 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Telefonica S A (TEFOF) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2024, Telefonica S A reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 1.55%, down 0.09 percentage points from FY2023.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined for three straight years, with a five-year change of -2.32 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- Across earlier years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 1.64% in FY2023 (-2.87 pp), 4.50% in FY2022 (-13.74 pp), 18.24% in FY2021 (+13.58 pp) and 4.66% in FY2020 (+0.79 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has ranged from 3.91% in Q3 2022 to 24.22% in Q3 2021 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] rose in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.01 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the last five years was a gain of 22.25 percentage points in Q2 2021, against a drop of 20.32 percentage points in Q3 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 5.46% (Q2 2025), 5.04% (Q1 2025) and 5.00% (Q4 2024).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.18% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.46% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.04% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.00% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.67% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.44% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.58% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.24% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 7.22% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.15% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.05% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.32% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.91% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.26% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 20.79% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 21.14% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 24.22% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 23.18% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 7.10% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 6.30% |
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Telefonica S A Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=TEFOF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "TEFOF", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=TEFOF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();