Growth Metrics

Macy's (M) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Macy's' Return on Equity history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.11% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity rose 8.0% year-over-year to 0.11%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 0.11%, up 8.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.14%, 12.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.11% at Macy's, down from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.46% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 1.65% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Equity is 0.15% (2023), against an average of 0.09%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Equity crashed -171bps in 2021 before it surged 207bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.36% in 2021, then dropped by -9bps to 0.32% in 2022, then crashed by -51bps to 0.16% in 2023, then crashed by -83bps to 0.03% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 304bps to 0.11% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for M's Return on Equity are 0.11% (Q4 2025), 0.11% (Q3 2025), and 0.12% (Q2 2025).