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Block XYZ Return on invested capital

Return on invested capital at other companies

Shopify logo
ShopifySHOP
15.2%
PayPal Holdings, Inc. logo
PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL
35.9%+12.6pp
Coinbase Global, Inc. logo
Coinbase Global, Inc.COIN
12.6%-191pp
Affirm Holdings, Inc. logo
Affirm Holdings, Inc.AFRM
4.4%+2.9pp
Global Payments logo
Global PaymentsGPN
3.6%-0.9pp
Corpay logo
CorpayCPAY
14.2%+0.2pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$6.1B+4.9%
Gross profit$2.9B+27.1%
Operating income-$172.0M-152%
Net income-$308.7M-263%
EPS (diluted)-$0.52-273%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$13.5B+3.1%
Total debt$6.0B+10.9%
Total equity$21.7B+1.2%
Total assets$40.0B+9.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$965.6M+624%
CapEx$30.6M-4.1%
Free cash flow$935.0M+822%

Valuation

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Market cap$43.35B+7.1%
Enterprise value$35.87B+9.9%
P/E53.7×+38.2×
P/S1.8×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin44.9%+6.9pp
Operating margin4.9%+0.9pp
Net margin3.3%-7.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity3.7%-9.2pp
Debt / equity0.3×0.0×
Current ratio-0.3×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Block’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Block’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Block's return on invested capital?
Block (XYZ) reported return on invested capital of 6.5% in Q1 2026.
How has Block's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Block's return on invested capital decreased by 14.2% year-over-year, from 7.6% to 6.5%.
What is the long-term trend for Block's return on invested capital?
Over 2 years (2023 to 2025), Block's return on invested capital has grown at a 92.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -9.3% to 34.4%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.