Kraft Heinz (KHC) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026)
Kraft Heinz posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 6.47% for Q1 2026, down 839.0% year-on-year from 0.88% in Q1 2025, and down 1.07% on a QoQ basis from 6.4% in Q4 2025.
Kraft Heinz (KHC) has 12 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 6.47% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 839.0% year-over-year to 6.47%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 6.47% (down 839.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 6.12%, down 817.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 6.47%, down from 6.4% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 5.6% in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 8.95% in Q2 2025.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 3.73% (2024), against an average of 1.42%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed soared 255 bps; it then plunged 1355 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 4.47% in 2022, then grew by 25 bps to 5.58% in 2023, then plunged by 63 bps to 2.07% in 2024, then sank by 409 bps to 6.4% in 2025, then dropped by 1 bps to 6.47% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 6.47% (Q1 2026), 6.4% (Q4 2025), and 7.96% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paranovus Entertainment Technology | 94,654.50 Bn | 94,654.50 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Kraft Heinz | 28.03 Bn | 23.95 Bn | 2.22 Bn | -6.47% |
| 3 | Jbs | 19.23 Bn | 14.67 Bn | 2.32 Bn | - |
| 4 | General Mills | 18.04 Bn | 17.27 Bn | 1.37 Bn | 14.64% |
| 5 | Hormel Foods | 12.87 Bn | 11.99 Bn | 518.51 Mn | 6.10% |
| 6 | Mccormick | 12.46 Bn | 12.86 Bn | 708.90 Mn | 9.47% |
| 7 | Magnum Ice Cream | 11.56 Bn | 11.08 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | J M Smucker | 10.74 Bn | 10.69 Bn | 827.80 Mn | -4.68% |
| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 10.23 Bn | 9.16 Bn | 511.00 Mn | 13.03% |
| 10 | Darling Ingredients | 9.59 Bn | 9.63 Bn | 404.92 Mn | 5.84% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2026 | -6.47% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | -6.40% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | -7.96% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | -8.95% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.92% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 2.07% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 3.73% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 4.60% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 5.60% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 5.58% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.45% |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 5.57% |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 4.60% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.47% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 2.91% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 3.34% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 4.12% |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 4.07% |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 5.75% |
| Jun 26, 2021 | 5.71% |
| Mar 27, 2021 | 2.67% |
| Dec 26, 2020 | 2.34% |
| Sep 26, 2020 | 1.29% |
| Jun 27, 2020 | 1.29% |
| Mar 28, 2020 | 3.46% |
| Dec 28, 2019 | 3.26% |
| Sep 28, 2019 | -12.42% |
| Jun 29, 2019 | -12.31% |
| Mar 30, 2019 | -11.66% |
| Dec 29, 2018 | -9.81% |
| Sep 29, 2018 | 4.81% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 5.23% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 5.58% |
| Dec 30, 2017 | 5.51% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 5.07% |
| Jul 1, 2017 | 4.89% |
| Apr 1, 2017 | 4.96% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 5.03% |
| Oct 2, 2016 | 6.22% |
| Jul 3, 2016 | 5.27% |
| Apr 3, 2016 | 4.09% |
| Jan 3, 2016 | 3.25% |
| Sep 27, 2015 | 2.33% |