Newell Brands (NWL) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Newell Brands (NWL) posted Return on Capital Employed of 0.65% for Q1 2026, up 41.41% on a QoQ basis from 0.46% in Q4 2025, and down 20.0% year-over-year from 0.81% in Q1 2025.

Newell Brands (NWL) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Newell Brands' Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.65% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 20.0% year-over-year to 0.65% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.65% (down 20.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.47%, down 26.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.65% for Q1 2026 at Newell Brands, up from 0.46% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 10.63% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 3.56% in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 1.9% and a median of 0.65% in 2026 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed tumbled 1211 bps — and 2024, when it surged 412 bps.
  • Newell Brands' Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.86% in 2022, then plunged by 131 bps to 0.9% in 2023, then jumped by 183 bps to 0.75% in 2024, then tumbled by 39 bps to 0.46% in 2025, then surged by 41 bps to 0.65% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows NWL's Return on Capital Employed at 0.65% in Q1 2026, 0.46% in Q4 2025, and 3.63% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 345.95 Bn 333.64 Bn 10.51 Bn 22.49%
2 Unilever 134.07 Bn 123.59 Bn - 9.90%
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.64 Bn 72.30 Bn 3.23 Bn 30.32%
4 Kenvue 37.28 Bn 37.17 Bn 2.30 Bn 12.45%
5 Kimberly Clark 36.96 Bn 36.42 Bn 1.53 Bn 24.16%
6 Estee Lauder Companies 30.06 Bn 26.94 Bn 2.84 Bn 3.12%
7 Church & Dwight 23.36 Bn 22.86 Bn 681.40 Mn 14.22%
8 Clorox 11.85 Bn 10.66 Bn 722.00 Mn 62.17%
9 Yatsen Holding 6.39 Bn 6.25 Bn 153.20 Mn -5.54%
10 Newell Brands 2.20 Bn 2.00 Bn 513.00 Mn 0.65%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.65%
Dec 31, 2025 0.46%
Sep 30, 2025 3.63%
Jun 30, 2025 0.93%
Mar 31, 2025 0.85%
Dec 31, 2024 0.75%
Sep 30, 2024 0.56%
Jun 30, 2024 0.12%
Mar 31, 2024 -0.36%
Dec 31, 2023 -0.90%
Sep 30, 2023 -3.56%
Jun 30, 2023 -1.48%
Mar 31, 2023 0.59%
Dec 31, 2022 2.86%
Sep 30, 2022 7.22%
Jun 30, 2022 10.63%
Mar 31, 2022 9.34%
Dec 31, 2021 9.14%
Sep 30, 2021 10.09%
Jun 30, 2021 10.68%