Growth Metrics

Krispy Kreme (DNUT) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2025)

Krispy Kreme has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years, most recently at 0.22% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.22% for Q4 2025, down 22.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.22% (down 22.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.2%, down 19.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.22% at Krispy Kreme, roughly flat from 0.22% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for DNUT hit a ceiling of 0.02% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 0.22% in Q4 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.0% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.03%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: changed 0bps in 2022 and later decreased -22bps in 2025.
  • Krispy Kreme's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.01% in 2021, then increased by 3bps to 0.01% in 2022, then crashed by -50bps to 0.0% in 2023, then crashed by -169bps to 0.0% in 2024, then plummeted by -6386bps to 0.22% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.22% (Q4 2025), 0.22% (Q3 2025), and 0.2% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.