Ziff Davis (ZD) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Ziff Davis has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 5.66% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 5.66%, up 249.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 5.66% (up 249.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 7.02%, up 279.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 5.66% for Q1 2026 at Ziff Davis, down from 6.51% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 6.63% in Q2 2022 to a low of 3.18% in Q1 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 5.21% (2022), against an average of 5.18%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 568 bps in 2022 and plunged 209 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Ziff Davis' Return on Capital Employed stood at 6.52% in 2022, then plunged by 32 bps to 4.43% in 2023, then declined by 4 bps to 4.27% in 2024, then surged by 52 bps to 6.51% in 2025, then dropped by 13 bps to 5.66% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 5.66% (Q1 2026), 6.51% (Q4 2025), and 5.53% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.