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United Parcel Service (UPS) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

United Parcel Service (UPS) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 0.15% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 7.0% to 0.15% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.15% through Dec 2025, down 7.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.16% for FY2025, 6.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.15% at United Parcel Service, down from 0.2% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Invested Capital was 2348.07% in Q2 2022, with the low at 13.58% in Q2 2023.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 117.01%, with a median of 0.32% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Invested Capital soared 234329bps in 2022, then crashed -236166bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.87% in 2021, then surged by 31bps to 1.14% in 2022, then crashed by -71bps to 0.33% in 2023, then crashed by -33bps to 0.22% in 2024, then plummeted by -31bps to 0.15% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods came in at 0.15%, 0.2%, and 0.29% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.