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Coca Cola (KO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Coca Cola has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.16% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.16% for Q4 2025, up 4.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.16% (up 4.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.17%, up 3.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.16% at Coca Cola, down from 0.18% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for KO hit a ceiling of 0.18% in Q3 2025 and a floor of 0.13% in Q3 2024.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.15% (2021), compared with a mean of 0.15%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: decreased -4bps in 2021 and later rose 5bps in 2025.
  • Coca Cola's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.14% in 2021, then rose by 5bps to 0.15% in 2022, then increased by 2bps to 0.15% in 2023, then fell by -16bps to 0.13% in 2024, then increased by 28bps to 0.16% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.16% (Q4 2025), 0.18% (Q3 2025), and 0.16% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.