Deckers Outdoor (DECK) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2025)

Deckers Outdoor's (DECK) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 45.82% in Q4 2025, up 242.0% YoY from 13.4% in Q4 2024, and up 5.65% on a QoQ basis from 43.37% in Q3 2025.

Deckers Outdoor (DECK) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Deckers Outdoor (DECK) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 45.82% in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 242.0% year-over-year to 45.82% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 45.82% (up 242.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 45.65%, up 202.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed rose to 45.82% in Q4 2025, from 43.37% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 45.82% in Q4 2025 to a low of 27.87% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 37.02% and a median of 35.9% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Return on Capital Employed jumped 959 bps — and 2022, when it slumped 264 bps.
  • Tracing DECK's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 30.73% in 2021, then gained by 12 bps to 34.47% in 2022, then grew by 19 bps to 40.97% in 2023, then gained by 6 bps to 43.4% in 2024, then rose by 6 bps to 45.82% in 2025.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 45.82% (Q4 2025), 43.37% (Q3 2025), and 45.59% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Nike 60.63 Bn 51.60 Bn 5.39 Bn 19.40%
2 Deckers Outdoor 13.33 Bn 11.43 Bn - -
3 Birkenstock Holding 7.60 Bn 6.80 Bn 493.89 Mn 11.17%
4 Crocs 6.44 Bn 6.27 Bn 700.71 Mn 23.21%
5 Steven Madden 3.37 Bn 3.28 Bn 309.66 Mn 14.60%
6 Wolverine World Wide 1.62 Bn 1.46 Bn 235.30 Mn 14.32%
7 Weyco 425.23 Mn 329.76 Mn 43.78 Mn 13.55%
8 Forward Industries 355.01 Mn 355.01 Mn - -
9 Rocky Brands 354.31 Mn 351.69 Mn 60.80 Mn 11.46%
10 Designer Brands 311.24 Mn 261.14 Mn 315.32 Mn 5.39%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 45.82%
Sep 30, 2025 43.37%
Jun 30, 2025 45.59%
Mar 31, 2025 39.34%
Dec 31, 2024 43.40%
Sep 30, 2024 43.21%
Jun 30, 2024 42.87%
Mar 31, 2024 36.78%
Dec 31, 2023 40.97%
Sep 30, 2023 36.57%
Jun 30, 2023 33.93%
Mar 31, 2023 29.87%
Dec 31, 2022 34.47%
Sep 30, 2022 31.73%
Jun 30, 2022 34.46%
Mar 31, 2022 29.75%
Dec 31, 2021 30.73%
Sep 30, 2021 34.37%
Jun 30, 2021 35.22%
Mar 31, 2021 27.87%