Newell Brands (NWL) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Newell Brands (NWL) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 2.03% for Q2 2026, up 110.0% year-over-year from 0.97% in Q2 2025, and up 212.26% on a QoQ basis from 0.65% in Q1 2026.
Newell Brands (NWL) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Newell Brands has reported Return on Capital Employed for 17 years, with the latest figure at 2.03% in Q2 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q2 2026 came in at 2.03%, up 110.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 2.03% (up 110.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.47%, down 26.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed grew to 2.03% in Q2 2026, from 0.65% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 10.63% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 3.56% in Q3 2023.
- A 5-year average of 1.91% and a median of 0.7% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed tumbled 1211 bps; it then surged 412 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 2.86% in 2022, then plunged by 131 bps to 0.9% in 2023, then surged by 183 bps to 0.75% in 2024, then tumbled by 39 bps to 0.46% in 2025, then soared by 342 bps to 2.03% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 2.03% in Q2 2026, 0.65% in Q1 2026, and 0.46% in Q4 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.03% |
| 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% |