Townsquare Media (TSQ) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2026)
Townsquare Media (TSQ) posted Return on Capital Employed of 8.09% for Q1 2026, down 17.29% on a QoQ basis from 9.79% in Q4 2025, and up 356.0% year-over-year from 1.77% in Q1 2025.
Townsquare Media (TSQ) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Townsquare Media's Return on Capital Employed history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 8.09% for Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 356.0% year-over-year to 8.09% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.09% (up 356.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 9.36%, up 534.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed was 8.09% for Q1 2026 at Townsquare Media, down from 9.79% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 13.85% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 6.23% in Q2 2024.
- A 5-year average of 5.3% and a median of 6.59% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed tumbled 1160 bps — and 2025, when it jumped 2008 bps.
- Townsquare Media's Return on Capital Employed stood at 8.3% in 2022, then tumbled by 140 bps to 3.31% in 2023, then jumped by 232 bps to 4.37% in 2024, then soared by 124 bps to 9.79% in 2025, then fell by 17 bps to 8.09% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows TSQ's Return on Capital Employed at 8.09% in Q1 2026, 9.79% in Q4 2025, and 12.03% in Q3 2025.
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| 10 | Townsquare Media | 107.35 Mn | 108.77 Mn | 21.20 Mn | 8.09% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.09% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 9.79% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12.03% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.85% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.53% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.37% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -1.49% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -6.23% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -2.91% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -3.31% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.47% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.51% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 6.59% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 8.30% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 9.78% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 11.30% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 12.33% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 11.58% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 11.95% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 10.18% |