Zillow (Z) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2018 - 2026)
Zillow (Z) recorded Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -3.39% in Q3 2026, down 1.54 percentage points from -1.85% a year earlier and down 3.67 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Zillow (Z) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Zillow reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -0.67%, up 2.97 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of -2.52 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -3.64% in FY2024 (+1.15 pp), -4.79% in FY2023 (-3.68 pp), -1.11% in FY2022 (-5.70 pp) and 4.59% in FY2021 (+2.74 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q4 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] rose in seven of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.84 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the last five years was a gain of 3.51 percentage points in Q1 2026, against a drop of 6.30 percentage points in Q3 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 0.28% (Q2 2026), 0.23% (Q1 2026) and -0.68% (Q4 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -3.39% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.28% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.23% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -0.68% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -1.85% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -2.66% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -3.28% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -3.82% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -4.21% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -4.59% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -4.71% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -4.75% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -4.35% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -3.92% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -2.76% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -1.46% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.34% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.83% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.30% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.44% |
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Zillow Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=Z&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "Z", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=Z&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();