Herbalife (HLF) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026)
Herbalife's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 27.42% in Q3 2026, down 0.99 percentage points from 28.41% a year earlier but up 1.41 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Herbalife (HLF) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at Herbalife came in at 27.58%, up 2.49 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of -9.03 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 25.09% in FY2024 (+1.22 pp), 23.87% in FY2023 (-6.43 pp), 30.30% in FY2022 (-9.01 pp) and 39.31% in FY2021 (+2.70 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has moved between 19.10% (Q2 2024) and 41.81% (Q4 2021) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for three straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.58 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years was Q2 2025 (a gain of 11.16 percentage points); the worst was Q2 2022 (a drop of 14.07 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, HLF's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was 26.01% (Q2 2026), 27.46% (Q1 2026) and 27.83% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 390.78 Bn | 342.58 Bn | 11.60 Bn | 23.37% |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 77.96 Bn | 72.79 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 31.20% |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 41.21 Bn | 28.31 Bn | 2.81 Bn | 7.49% |
| 4 | Kenvue | 37.02 Bn | 32.73 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 13.21% |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 36.84 Bn | 32.92 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 21.00% |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 26.38 Bn | 24.77 Bn | 749.40 Mn | 15.26% |
| 7 | Clorox | 12.88 Bn | 11.29 Bn | 770.00 Mn | 37.50% |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 7.00 Bn | 5.82 Bn | 370.22 Mn | 8.06% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 5.26 Bn | 4.95 Bn | 236.00 Mn | 11.51% |
| 10 | Herbalife | 1.63 Bn | 56.78 Mn | 1.04 Bn | 27.42% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 27.42% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 26.01% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 27.46% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 27.83% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 28.41% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 30.26% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 27.69% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 26.42% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 24.96% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 19.10% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 20.06% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 23.93% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 24.62% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 28.91% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 31.20% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 31.12% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 30.40% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 33.12% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 38.59% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 41.81% |
Herbalife Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=HLF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "HLF", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=HLF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();