Growth Metrics

Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Nektar Therapeutics has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 15 years, most recently at 1.6% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 1.6% for Q4 2025, up 31.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 1.6% (up 31.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 1.86%, down 76.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 1.6% at Nektar Therapeutics, up from 3.21% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for NKTR hit a ceiling of 19.18% in Q2 2025 and a floor of 3.21% in Q3 2025.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 1.29% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.37%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Invested Capital hit 2076bps in 2025, while the deepest fall reached -179bps in 2025.
  • Nektar Therapeutics' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.6% in 2021, then plummeted by -60bps to 0.97% in 2022, then plummeted by -79bps to 1.73% in 2023, then decreased by -11bps to 1.92% in 2024, then rose by 16bps to 1.6% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 1.6% (Q4 2025), 3.21% (Q3 2025), and 19.18% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.