Growth Metrics

Caleres (CAL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Caleres (CAL) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 0.03% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 11.0% to 0.03% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Nov 2025 was 0.03%, a 11.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.14%, down 4.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.03% for Q4 2025 at Caleres, down from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.31% in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.47% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.1% and a median of 0.12% in 2025 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: crashed -53bps in 2021, then skyrocketed 71bps in 2022.
  • Caleres' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.14% in 2021, then soared by 80bps to 0.25% in 2022, then tumbled by -92bps to 0.02% in 2023, then soared by 659bps to 0.15% in 2024, then plummeted by -77bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CAL's Return on Capital Employed are 0.03% (Q4 2025), 0.08% (Q3 2025), and 0.1% (Q2 2025).