Growth Metrics

Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Zebra Technologies' Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.11% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.11%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.11%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.11%, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.11% in Q4 2025 per ZBRA's latest filing, down from 0.12% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.24% in Q4 2021 to a low of 0.07% in Q2 2024.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.14%, with a median of 0.12% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: dropped -15bps in 2022, then grew 6bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.23% in 2021, then tumbled by -56bps to 0.1% in 2022, then fell by -18bps to 0.08% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 44bps to 0.12% in 2024, then dropped by -10bps to 0.11% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ZBRA's Return on Capital Employed are 0.11% (Q4 2025), 0.12% (Q3 2025), and 0.13% (Q2 2025).