Trade Desk (TTD) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Trade Desk has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 11 years of filings, most recently posting 19.7% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 19.7%, up 566.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 19.7% (up 566.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 20.56%, up 430.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 19.7% for Q1 2026 at Trade Desk, down from 21.19% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 21.19% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.59% in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 10.13% (2024), against an average of 10.59%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed slumped 1813 bps in 2022 and jumped 742 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Trade Desk's Return on Capital Employed stood at 5.35% in 2022, then jumped by 71 bps to 9.14% in 2023, then soared by 59 bps to 14.55% in 2024, then soared by 46 bps to 21.19% in 2025, then retreated by 7 bps to 19.7% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 19.7% (Q1 2026), 21.19% (Q4 2025), and 17.86% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.