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Tesla (TSLA) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Tesla's Return on Invested Capital history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.04% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 4.0% year-over-year to 0.04%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.04%, down 4.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.04%, 4.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.04% at Tesla, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.28% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.16% (2024), against an average of 0.15%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital grew 22bps in 2022 before it dropped -15bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.17% in 2021, then soared by 67bps to 0.28% in 2022, then dropped by -23bps to 0.22% in 2023, then plummeted by -67bps to 0.07% in 2024, then plummeted by -50bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for TSLA's Return on Invested Capital are 0.04% (Q4 2025), 0.04% (Q3 2025), and 0.05% (Q2 2025).