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Mcdonalds (MCD) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Mcdonalds' Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.22% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.22%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.22%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.23%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.22% in Q4 2025 per MCD's latest filing, down from 0.22% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.25% in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.17% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.22%, with a median of 0.22% recorded in 2025.
  • The largest YoY upside for Return on Capital Employed was 5bps in 2021 against a maximum downside of -3bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.21% in 2021, then fell by -2bps to 0.21% in 2022, then grew by 20bps to 0.25% in 2023, then dropped by -8bps to 0.23% in 2024, then fell by -2bps to 0.22% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MCD's Return on Capital Employed are 0.22% (Q4 2025), 0.22% (Q3 2025), and 0.22% (Q2 2025).