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United Parcel Service (UPS) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

United Parcel Service has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 13.89% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 217.0% to 13.89% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 13.89% through Dec 2025, down 217.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 14.06% for FY2025, 162.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 13.89% for Q4 2025 at United Parcel Service, down from 14.52% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 26.45% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 13.8% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 19.12% (2021), against an average of 19.46%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed soared 869bps in 2021 and then plummeted -836bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 25.62% in 2021, then decreased by -2bps to 25.09% in 2022, then tumbled by -31bps to 17.28% in 2023, then fell by -7bps to 16.06% in 2024, then dropped by -13bps to 13.89% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for UPS's Return on Capital Employed are 13.89% (Q4 2025), 14.52% (Q3 2025), and 15.15% (Q2 2025).