Growth Metrics

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

Yelp's Return on Invested Capital history spans 13 years, with the latest figure at 0.18% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 3.0% year-over-year to 0.18%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.18%, up 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.18%, 3.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.18% at Yelp, up from 0.18% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.18% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.08% (2023), against an average of 0.09%.
  • The largest YoY upside for Return on Invested Capital was 10bps in 2021 against a maximum downside of -2bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.05% in 2021, then fell by -7bps to 0.04% in 2022, then soared by 123bps to 0.1% in 2023, then surged by 48bps to 0.15% in 2024, then increased by 23bps to 0.18% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for YELP's Return on Invested Capital are 0.18% (Q4 2025), 0.18% (Q3 2025), and 0.18% (Q2 2025).