Nutrien (NTR) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2025)

Nutrien (NTR) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 11.34% in Q4 2025, up 41.3% quarter-over-quarter from 8.02% in Q4 2024, and up 331.0% on a YoY basis from 2.63% in Q4 2024.

Nutrien (NTR) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Nutrien's Return on Capital Employed history runs 8 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 11.34% for Q4 2025.

  • In Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 331.0% year-over-year to 11.34%; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at 11.34% (up 331.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 2.01%, up 124.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 11.34% for Q4 2025 at Nutrien, up from 8.02% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 27.07% in Q4 2022 to a low of 6.25% in Q4 2021.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 15.24% across 5 years, with a median of 11.34% in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed jumped 2083 bps in 2022, then sank 1550 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 6.25% in 2021, then surged by 333 bps to 27.07% in 2022, then slipped by 13 bps to 23.52% in 2023, then sank by 66 bps to 8.02% in 2024, then surged by 41 bps to 11.34% in 2025.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 11.34% (Q4 2025), 8.02% (Q4 2024), and 23.52% (Q4 2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Nutrien 32,340,670.53 Bn 32,340,669.70 Bn 1.65 Bn -
2 Corteva 52.38 Bn 48.09 Bn 1.66 Bn 10.25%
3 CF Industries Holdings 17.50 Bn 18.37 Bn 746.00 Mn 20.22%
4 Mosaic 7.06 Bn 6.93 Bn 235.60 Mn 0.54%
5 Scotts Miracle-Gro 3.34 Bn 3.34 Bn 610.50 Mn 22.85%
6 Fmc 1.46 Bn 1.10 Bn 246.60 Mn -30.79%
7 Cvr Partners 1.25 Bn 1.13 Bn 116.84 Mn 16.95%
8 Intrepid Potash 459.41 Mn 453.51 Mn 17.67 Mn 2.05%
9 American Vanguard 76.21 Mn 5.29 Mn 38.42 Mn -0.84%
10 Bioceres Crop Solutions 26.72 Mn 40.72 Mn 12.70 Mn -1.81%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 11.34%
Dec 31, 2024 8.02%
Dec 31, 2023 23.52%
Dec 31, 2022 27.07%
Dec 31, 2021 6.25%
Dec 31, 2020 -3.77%
Dec 31, 2019 -2.31%
Sep 30, 2019 -0.73%
Jun 30, 2019 3.23%
Mar 31, 2019 3,159,227.64%
Dec 31, 2018 3,987,122.27%