Block (XYZ) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Block's (XYZ) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 4.34% in Q1 2026, up 86.0% year-on-year from 2.33% in Q1 2025, and down 26.34% quarter-over-quarter from 5.89% in Q4 2025.

Block (XYZ) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Block has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 11 years of filings, most recently posting 4.34% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 4.34%, up 86.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.34% (up 86.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 6.15%, up 276.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 4.34% for Q1 2026 at Block, down from 5.89% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 5.89% in Q4 2025 to a low of 2.86% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.11% (2024), against an average of 0.95%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed slumped 628 bps in 2022 and soared 435 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Block's Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.86% in 2022, then soared by 59 bps to 1.17% in 2023, then jumped by 373 bps to 3.18% in 2024, then jumped by 85 bps to 5.89% in 2025, then declined by 26 bps to 4.34% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 4.34% (Q1 2026), 5.89% (Q4 2025), and 4.43% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,998.30 Bn 2,920.03 Bn 56.06 Bn 27.43%
2 Alarum Technologies 1,040.72 Bn 1,026.57 Bn 7.23 Mn 0.01%
3 Oracle 590.32 Bn 551.74 Bn 15.14 Bn 10.62%
4 Palantir Technologies 316.31 Bn 308.39 Bn 1.42 Bn 24.39%
5 Palo Alto Networks 181.17 Bn 176.63 Bn 1.91 Bn 8.75%
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 161.69 Bn 158.63 Bn 993.68 Mn -4.62%
7 Fortinet 102.35 Bn 99.06 Bn 1.49 Bn 40.10%
8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn 1.98%
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn -5.85%
10 Block 40.84 Bn 33.95 Bn 2.91 Bn 4.34%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 4.34%
Dec 31, 2025 5.89%
Sep 30, 2025 4.43%
Jun 30, 2025 4.33%
Mar 31, 2025 3.48%
Dec 31, 2024 3.18%
Sep 30, 2024 2.78%
Jun 30, 2024 1.71%
Mar 31, 2024 -0.11%
Dec 31, 2023 -1.17%
Sep 30, 2023 -1.25%
Jun 30, 2023 -1.40%
Mar 31, 2023 -1.78%
Dec 31, 2022 -2.86%
Sep 30, 2022 -2.50%
Jun 30, 2022 -2.14%
Mar 31, 2022 -0.83%
Dec 31, 2021 2.03%
Sep 30, 2021 3.14%
Jun 30, 2021 4.14%