Growth Metrics

Newell Brands (NWL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Newell Brands filings provide 17 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 0.65% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 20.0% to 0.65% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.65%, a 20.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.47%, down 26.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.65% in Q1 2026 for Newell Brands, up from 0.46% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 10.63% in Q2 2022 to a low of 3.56% in Q3 2023.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.65% (2026), compared with a mean of 1.9%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: crashed -1211bps in 2023 and later skyrocketed 412bps in 2024.
  • Newell Brands' Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.86% in 2022, then crashed by -131bps to 0.9% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 183bps to 0.75% in 2024, then plummeted by -39bps to 0.46% in 2025, then surged by 41bps to 0.65% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.65% (Q1 2026), 0.46% (Q4 2025), and 3.63% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.