Growth Metrics

Macy's (M) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Macy's' Return on Invested Capital history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.09% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 6.0% year-over-year to 0.09%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 0.09%, up 6.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.1%, 5.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.09% at Macy's, up from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.3% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.56% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.11% (2023), against an average of 0.1%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital plummeted -59bps in 2021 before it soared 83bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.2% in 2021, then rose by 11bps to 0.23% in 2022, then tumbled by -47bps to 0.12% in 2023, then crashed by -77bps to 0.03% in 2024, then surged by 209bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for M's Return on Invested Capital are 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.09% (Q3 2025), and 0.09% (Q2 2025).