Growth Metrics

Yelp (YELP) Return on Capital Employed (2017 - 2025)

Yelp (YELP) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 12 consecutive years, with 0.23% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 5.0% to 0.23% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.23% through Dec 2025, up 5.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.23% for FY2025, 5.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.23% in Q4 2025 for Yelp, down from 0.24% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.24% in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.02% in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.11% across 5 years, with a median of 0.08% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: decreased -3bps in 2021 and later rose 9bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.03% in 2021, then soared by 98bps to 0.07% in 2022, then soared by 35bps to 0.09% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 95bps to 0.18% in 2024, then grew by 26bps to 0.23% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for YELP at 0.23% in Q4 2025, 0.24% in Q3 2025, and 0.22% in Q2 2025.