Block (XYZ) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)
Block (XYZ) posted Return on Capital Employed of 4.34% for Q1 2026, down 26.34% sequentially from 5.89% in Q4 2025, and up 86.0% YoY from 2.33% in Q1 2025.
Block (XYZ) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Block has reported Return on Capital Employed for 11 years, with the latest figure at 4.34% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 86.0% year-over-year to 4.34% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.34% (up 86.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 6.15%, up 276.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed declined to 4.34% in Q1 2026 per XYZ's latest filing, from 5.89% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 5.89% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 2.86% in Q4 2022.
- A 5-year average of 0.95% and a median of 0.11% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed slumped 628 bps in 2022, then surged 435 bps in 2024.
- Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.86% in 2022, then surged by 59 bps to 1.17% in 2023, then soared by 373 bps to 3.18% in 2024, then soared by 85 bps to 5.89% in 2025, then retreated by 26 bps to 4.34% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 4.34%, 5.89%, and 4.43% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.02% |
| 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% |