Growth Metrics

Kroger (KR) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Kroger (KR) has 17 years of Return on Invested Capital data on record, last reported at 0.21% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 6.0% year-over-year to 0.21%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 0.21%, down 6.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.37%, 15.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.21% in Q4 2025 per KR's latest filing, down from 0.37% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.41% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.2% in Q3 2021.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.3%, with a median of 0.27% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: increased 18bps in 2022, then decreased -19bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.2% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 84bps to 0.36% in 2022, then plummeted by -32bps to 0.24% in 2023, then grew by 8bps to 0.26% in 2024, then dropped by -21bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Invested Capital were 0.21% in Q4 2025, 0.37% in Q3 2025, and 0.35% in Q1 2025.