Growth Metrics

Pepsico (PEP) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Pepsico (PEP) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 0.15% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 3.0% to 0.15% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.15%, a 3.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.16%, down 3.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.15% for Q4 2025 at Pepsico, up from 0.14% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.21% in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.13% in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.17% and a median of 0.17% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: increased 6bps in 2022, then decreased -8bps in 2023.
  • Pepsico's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.17% in 2021, then increased by 3bps to 0.17% in 2022, then grew by 1bps to 0.17% in 2023, then grew by 8bps to 0.19% in 2024, then dropped by -18bps to 0.15% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PEP's Return on Capital Employed are 0.15% (Q4 2025), 0.14% (Q3 2025), and 0.16% (Q2 2025).