Nkarta (NKTX) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026)
Nkarta (NKTX) reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -39.92% for Q2 2026, down 10.76 percentage points from -29.16% a year earlier and down 8.48 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Nkarta (NKTX) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Nkarta posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -28.34%, up 2.10 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for three consecutive years, though with a five-year change of -0.38 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -30.44% in FY2024 (+2.26 pp), -32.70% in FY2023 (+1.15 pp), -33.85% in FY2022 (-4.34 pp) and -29.51% in FY2021 (-1.55 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to Q3 2020.
- Year over year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has now declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.24 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in five years was Q2 2024 (a gain of 9.96 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2021 (a drop of 16.66 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at -31.44% (Q1 2026), -31.01% (Q4 2025) and -29.12% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli Lilly | 1,348.13 Bn | 1,321.74 Bn | 20.46 Bn | 35.41% |
| 2 | Johnson & Johnson | 675.90 Bn | 595.76 Bn | 17.30 Bn | 17.52% |
| 3 | AbbVie | 519.45 Bn | 487.50 Bn | 13.12 Bn | 21.60% |
| 4 | Merck | 364.95 Bn | 327.95 Bn | 13.19 Bn | 4.65% |
| 5 | Novartis Ag | 311.58 Bn | 285.16 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Astrazeneca | 289.34 Bn | 262.94 Bn | 13.26 Bn | 9.91% |
| 7 | Amgen | 251.64 Bn | 203.30 Bn | 7.58 Bn | 17.37% |
| 8 | Gilead Sciences | 212.05 Bn | 187.07 Bn | 6.73 Bn | -6.15% |
| 9 | Pfizer | 167.35 Bn | 115.00 Bn | 12.56 Bn | 11.32% |
| 10 | Nkarta | 96.80 Mn | -1.37 Bn | - | -47.71% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -47.71% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -39.92% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -31.44% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -31.01% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -29.12% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -29.16% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -28.26% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -25.76% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -24.67% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -22.76% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -28.55% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -35.67% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -34.57% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -32.71% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -28.93% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -25.51% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -22.39% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -25.28% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -33.32% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -31.98% |
API Access
Nkarta Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=NKTX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "NKTX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=NKTX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();