Dutch Bros (BROS) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)
Dutch Bros posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 5.87% for Q1 2026, up 129.0% year-on-year from 2.56% in Q1 2025, and down 0.8% on a QoQ basis from 5.91% in Q4 2025.
Dutch Bros (BROS) has 6 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 5.87% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 129.0% year-over-year to 5.87%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 5.87% (up 129.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 6.41%, up 91.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 5.87%, 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.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 4.06% (2024), against an average of 0.89%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed jumped 2825 bps; it then jumped 51 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.28% in 2022, then soared by 1170 bps to 2.96% in 2023, then soared by 58 bps to 4.69% in 2024, then grew by 26 bps to 5.91% in 2025, then fell by 1 bps to 5.87% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 5.87% (Q1 2026), 5.91% (Q4 2025), and 5.41% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| 10 | Dutch Bros | 7.47 Bn | 7.43 Bn | 107.48 Mn | 5.87% |
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% |