Dole (DOLE) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)

Dole's (DOLE) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 0.66% in Q1 2026, down 3303.0% year-on-year from 0.02% in Q1 2025, and down 39.95% quarter-over-quarter from 0.47% in Q4 2025.

Dole (DOLE) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dole's Return on Capital Employed history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.66% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 3303.0% year-over-year to 0.66% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.66%, a 3303.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 7.62%, down 194.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed retreated to 0.66% in Q1 2026 per DOLE's latest filing, from 0.47% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 41.24% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 0.66% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 31.08% (2025), against an average of 25.83%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 2230 bps in 2023 and plunged 4014 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 18.93% in 2022, then soared by 118 bps to 41.24% in 2023, then dropped by 4 bps to 39.67% in 2024, then slumped by 101 bps to 0.47% in 2025, then plunged by 40 bps to 0.66% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest DOLE Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 0.66% (Q1 2026), 0.47% (Q4 2025), and 31.08% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Archer-Daniels-Midland 41.79 Bn 41.18 Bn 1.22 Bn 3.18%
2 Bunge Global 23.70 Bn 22.91 Bn 766.00 Mn 4.51%
3 Cal-Maine Foods 4.20 Bn 4.10 Bn 34.07 Mn 12.00%
4 Del Monte 1.35 Bn 1.29 Bn 89.00 Mn 4.26%
5 Dole 1.34 Bn 1.09 Bn 184.99 Mn -0.66%
6 Adecoagro 1.10 Bn 1.06 Bn 97.80 Mn 2.52%
7 Vital Farms 568.49 Mn 531.53 Mn 53.01 Mn 16.60%
8 Alico 298.33 Mn 250.20 Mn -4.59 Mn -29.46%
9 Forafric Global 283.29 Mn 284.32 Mn - -
10 Limoneira 240.76 Mn 259.12 Mn 21.52 Mn -15.93%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.66%
Dec 31, 2025 -0.47%
Sep 30, 2025 31.08%
Jun 30, 2025 32.71%
Mar 31, 2025 32.37%
Dec 31, 2024 39.67%
Sep 30, 2024 39.61%
Jun 30, 2024 39.14%
Mar 31, 2024 41.04%
Dec 31, 2023 41.24%
Sep 30, 2023 32.48%
Jun 30, 2023 22.80%
Mar 31, 2023 21.59%
Dec 31, 2022 18.93%
Sep 30, 2022 16.53%
Jun 30, 2022 14.44%
Mar 31, 2022 16.64%
Dec 31, 2021 13.61%