Starbucks (SBUX) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Starbucks (SBUX) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 14.71% in Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 661.0% year-over-year to 14.71% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 14.71%, a 661.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 13.68%, down 1169.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 14.71%, up from 13.11% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for SBUX reached as high as 30.64% in Q4 2023 and fell as low as 12.98% in Q3 2025.
• Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 23.31% across 5 years, with a median of 24.64% in 2023.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 1848 bps in 2022 and plunged 1200 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 24.41% in 2022, then gained by 26 bps to 30.64% in 2023, then decreased by 25 bps to 23.05% in 2024, then tumbled by 43 bps to 13.11% in 2025, then rose by 12 bps to 14.71% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 14.71% in Q1 2026, 13.11% in Q4 2025, and 12.98% in Q3 2025.