Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Zebra Technologies' (ZBRA) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 10.82% in Q2 2026, down 143.0% YoY from 25.16% in Q2 2025, and down 0.57% on a QoQ basis from 10.88% in Q4 2025.
Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 10.82% in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 143.0% year-over-year to 10.82% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 10.82% (down 143.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 10.97%, down 154.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed declined to 10.82% in Q2 2026, from 10.88% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 21.02% in Q2 2022 to a low of 6.63% in Q2 2024.
- A 5-year average of 11.28% and a median of 10.88% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed sank 1459 bps — and 2025, when it soared 592 bps.
- Tracing ZBRA's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 10.26% in 2022, then retreated by 18 bps to 8.41% in 2023, then soared by 44 bps to 12.11% in 2024, then slipped by 10 bps to 10.88% in 2025, then fell by 1 bps to 10.82% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 10.82% (Q2 2026), 10.88% (Q4 2025), and 12.28% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2026 | 19.12% |
| Apr 4, 2026 | 10.82% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.88% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 12.28% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 12.55% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 12.25% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 12.11% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 9.80% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 6.63% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 7.36% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 8.41% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 11.44% |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 15.47% |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 9.99% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 10.26% |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 9.21% |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 11.35% |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 21.02% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 23.09% |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 23.79% |