Growth Metrics

Trade Desk (TTD) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Trade Desk's Return on Capital Employed history spans 10 years, with the latest figure at 0.21% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 7.0% year-over-year to 0.21%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.21%, up 7.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.21%, 4.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.21% at Trade Desk, up from 0.18% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.21% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.1% (2021), against an average of 0.11%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed grew 10bps in 2021 before it decreased -18bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.08% in 2021, then crashed by -37bps to 0.05% in 2022, then soared by 71bps to 0.09% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 59bps to 0.15% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 46bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for TTD's Return on Capital Employed are 0.21% (Q4 2025), 0.18% (Q3 2025), and 0.16% (Q2 2025).