Growth Metrics

Home Depot (HD) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Home Depot (HD) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 0.31% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed changed N/A year-over-year to 0.31%, compared with a TTM value of 0.31% through Nov 2025, changed N/A, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.37%, down 2.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.31% for Q4 2025 at Home Depot, roughly flat from 0.31% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.53% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.31% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.4%, with a median of 0.4% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Capital Employed rose 13bps in 2022, then fell -9bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.5% in 2021, then dropped by -7bps to 0.46% in 2022, then fell by -5bps to 0.44% in 2023, then dropped by -20bps to 0.35% in 2024, then fell by -11bps to 0.31% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for HD at 0.31% in Q4 2025, 0.31% in Q3 2025, and 0.33% in Q2 2025.