Dutch Bros (BROS) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)
Dutch Bros (BROS) posted Return on Capital Employed of 5.87% for Q1 2026, down 0.8% on a QoQ basis from 5.91% in Q4 2025, and up 129.0% year-over-year from 2.56% in Q1 2025.
Dutch Bros (BROS) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Dutch Bros' Return on Capital Employed history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 5.87% for Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 129.0% year-over-year to 5.87% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 5.87% (up 129.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 6.41%, up 91.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed was 5.87% for Q1 2026 at Dutch Bros, down from 5.91% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 5.91% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 20.08% in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of 0.89% and a median of 4.06% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed jumped 2825 bps — and 2025, when it jumped 51 bps.
- Dutch Bros' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.28% in 2022, then jumped by 1170 bps to 2.96% in 2023, then jumped by 58 bps to 4.69% in 2024, then increased by 26 bps to 5.91% in 2025, then retreated by 1 bps to 5.87% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows BROS's Return on Capital Employed at 5.87% in Q1 2026, 5.91% in Q4 2025, and 5.41% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.87% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.91% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.41% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.18% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.58% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.69% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.16% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.08% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.06% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.96% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.46% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.77% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.17% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.28% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -1.59% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -17.15% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -20.08% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -28.52% |