Growth Metrics

Ziff Davis (ZD) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Ziff Davis (ZD) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 0.07% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 3.0% to 0.07% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.07% through Dec 2025, up 3.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.07% for FY2025, 3.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.07% in Q4 2025 for Ziff Davis, up from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.07% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.01% in Q3 2021.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.05% across 5 years, with a median of 0.05% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: decreased -4bps in 2021 and later increased 6bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.05% in 2021, then increased by 29bps to 0.07% in 2022, then crashed by -32bps to 0.04% in 2023, then fell by -4bps to 0.04% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 72bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for ZD at 0.07% in Q4 2025, 0.06% in Q3 2025, and 0.04% in Q2 2025.