Kenvue (KVUE) Return on Capital Employed (2023 - 2026)

Kenvue (KVUE) reported Return on Capital Employed of 12.45% for Q1 2026, up 285.0% year-over-year from 3.23% in Q1 2025, and up 9.42% quarter-over-quarter from 11.38% in Q4 2025.

Kenvue (KVUE) Return on Capital Employed (2023 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kenvue (KVUE) has 4 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 12.45% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 12.45%, up 285.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 12.45% (up 285.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 11.84%, up 307.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed climbed to 12.45% in Q1 2026 per KVUE's latest filing, from 11.38% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 18.5% in Q4 2023 and troughed at 8.77% in Q3 2024.
  • A 4-year average of 11.95% and a median of 11.38% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2026: Return on Capital Employed tumbled 974 bps in 2024, then jumped 285 bps in 2026.
  • A 4-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 11.43% in 2023, then slipped by 22 bps to 8.97% in 2024, then advanced by 27 bps to 11.38% in 2025, then grew by 9 bps to 12.45% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows KVUE's Return on Capital Employed at 12.45% in Q1 2026, 11.38% in Q4 2025, and 11.23% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Tantech Holdings 587.03 Bn 587.00 Bn - -
2 Procter & Gamble 346.82 Bn 334.74 Bn 10.51 Bn 22.49%
3 Unilever 145.94 Bn 135.46 Bn - 9.90%
4 Colgate Palmolive 70.39 Bn 69.40 Bn 3.23 Bn 30.32%
5 Kenvue 34.34 Bn 34.23 Bn 2.30 Bn 12.45%
6 Kimberly Clark 33.38 Bn 32.96 Bn 1.53 Bn 24.16%
7 Estee Lauder Companies 31.47 Bn 28.34 Bn 2.84 Bn 3.12%
8 Church & Dwight 22.92 Bn 22.42 Bn 681.40 Mn 2.61%
9 Clorox 11.90 Bn 10.87 Bn 722.00 Mn 62.17%
10 e.l.f. Beauty 3.24 Bn 2.95 Bn 326.45 Mn 3.64%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 12.45%
Dec 28, 2025 11.38%
Sep 28, 2025 11.23%
Jun 29, 2025 11.53%
Mar 30, 2025 9.60%
Dec 29, 2024 8.97%
Sep 29, 2024 8.77%
Jun 30, 2024 8.96%
Mar 31, 2024 11.32%
Dec 31, 2023 11.43%
Oct 1, 2023 18.50%
Jul 2, 2023 15.80%
Apr 2, 2023 15.49%