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Ralph Lauren (RL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Ralph Lauren has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.21% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.21% for Q4 2025, up 2.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.21% (up 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.2%, up 5.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.21% at Ralph Lauren, up from 0.19% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for RL hit a ceiling of 0.21% in Q4 2025 and a floor of 0.01% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.14% (2022), compared with a mean of 0.14%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed hit 18bps in 2021, while the deepest fall reached -7bps in 2021.
  • Ralph Lauren's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.13% in 2021, then increased by 6bps to 0.14% in 2022, then dropped by -3bps to 0.13% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 41bps to 0.19% in 2024, then increased by 9bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.21% (Q4 2025), 0.19% (Q3 2025), and 0.2% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.