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Zillow (ZG) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2026)

Zillow has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 8 years, most recently at 0.68% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 314.0% to 0.68% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.68% through Dec 2025, up 314.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.67% for FY2025, 297.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.68% for Q4 2025 at Zillow, up from 1.85% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 6.79% in Q2 2021 and troughed at 4.75% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 2.26% (2025), against an average of 0.84%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed surged 1249bps in 2021 and then tumbled -630bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 3.44% in 2021, then crashed by -142bps to 1.46% in 2022, then crashed by -225bps to 4.75% in 2023, then increased by 20bps to 3.82% in 2024, then surged by 82bps to 0.68% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ZG's Return on Capital Employed are 0.68% (Q4 2025), 1.85% (Q3 2025), and 2.66% (Q2 2025).