Growth Metrics

Zoetis (ZTS) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Zoetis has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 13 years, most recently at 28.29% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 382.0% to 28.29% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 28.29% through Dec 2025, down 382.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 29.14% for FY2025, 306.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 28.29% for Q4 2025 at Zoetis, roughly flat from 28.17% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 33.5% in Q2 2025 and troughed at 5.88% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 26.84% (2024), against an average of 24.88%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed surged 2153bps in 2022 and then tumbled -382bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 16.78% in 2021, then soared by 65bps to 27.63% in 2022, then fell by -7bps to 25.7% in 2023, then grew by 25bps to 32.12% in 2024, then decreased by -12bps to 28.29% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ZTS's Return on Capital Employed are 28.29% (Q4 2025), 28.17% (Q3 2025), and 33.5% (Q2 2025).