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Nike (NKE) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Nike (NKE) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 0.21% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed changed N/A year-over-year to 0.21%, compared with a TTM value of 0.21% through Nov 2025, changed N/A, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.14%, down 25.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.21% for Q4 2025 at Nike, up from 0.18% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.47% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 0.11% in Q4 2023.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.25%, with a median of 0.22% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed hit 33bps in 2025, while the deepest fall reached -29bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.26% in 2021, then decreased by -19bps to 0.21% in 2022, then tumbled by -48bps to 0.11% in 2023, then soared by 271bps to 0.41% in 2024, then crashed by -48bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for NKE at 0.21% in Q4 2025, 0.18% in Q3 2025, and 0.14% in Q2 2025.