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Visa (V) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Visa filings provide 18 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 39.33% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 69.0% to 39.33% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 39.33%, a 69.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 38.69%, up 293.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 39.33% in Q1 2026 for Visa, up from 36.71% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 39.33% in Q1 2026 to a low of 28.43% in Q1 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 32.0% (2023), compared with a mean of 33.36%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 836bps in 2022 and later crashed -53bps in 2025.
  • Visa's Return on Capital Employed stood at 28.94% in 2022, then increased by 11bps to 32.0% in 2023, then increased by 16bps to 37.24% in 2024, then fell by -1bps to 36.71% in 2025, then rose by 7bps to 39.33% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 39.33% (Q1 2026), 36.71% (Q4 2025), and 37.04% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.