Kraft Heinz (KHC) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2015 - 2026)
Kraft Heinz's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -5.19% for Q3 2026, up 2.77 percentage points from -7.96% a year earlier but down 0.57 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Kraft Heinz (KHC) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Kraft Heinz's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -6.12%, down 8.17 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] carries a five-year change of -8.42 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 2.05% in FY2024 (-3.50 pp), 5.55% in FY2023 (+1.17 pp), 4.38% in FY2022 (+0.43 pp) and 3.95% in FY2021 (+1.65 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] is -8.95% (Q2 2025) to 5.60% (Q1 2024).
- Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -5.27 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years came in Q2 2026 (a gain of 4.34 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2025 (a drop of 13.55 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows KHC's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at -4.62% (Q2 2026), -6.47% (Q1 2026) and -6.40% (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 145.28 Bn | 96.74 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 84.79 Bn | 77.80 Bn | 3.92 Bn | 11.13% |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.79 Bn | 31.52 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 23.54% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 28.94 Bn | 16.59 Bn | 1.99 Bn | -5.19% |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.77 Bn | 16.41 Bn | 1.49 Bn | -0.89% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.22 Bn | 14.00 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 5.93% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.91 Bn | 11.98 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 8.50% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 12.24 Bn | 8.91 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 5.01% |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.37 Bn | 6.66 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 24.87% |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.83 Bn | 7.46 Bn | 266.50 Mn | 8.70% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2026 | -5.19% |
| Jun 27, 2026 | -4.62% |
| 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% |
API Access
Kraft Heinz Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=KHC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "KHC", "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=KHC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();