Growth Metrics

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's Return on Invested Capital history spans 14 years, with the latest figure at 0.19% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 3.0% year-over-year to 0.19%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.19%, up 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.2%, 4.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.19% at Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, down from 0.19% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.19% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 0.09% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.15% (2024), against an average of 0.14%.
  • The largest YoY upside for Return on Invested Capital was 5bps in 2023 against a maximum downside of -8bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.16% in 2021, then plummeted by -39bps to 0.1% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 52bps to 0.15% in 2023, then rose by 8bps to 0.16% in 2024, then rose by 21bps to 0.19% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NGVC's Return on Invested Capital are 0.19% (Q4 2025), 0.19% (Q3 2025), and 0.17% (Q2 2025).