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Starbucks (SBUX) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Starbucks (SBUX) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 0.13% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed changed N/A to 0.13% in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was 0.13%, a N/A change, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.14%, down 12.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.13% for Q3 2025 at Starbucks, down from 0.23% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.31% in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.13% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.25% and a median of 0.26% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: rose 5bps in 2023, then decreased -8bps in 2024.
  • Starbucks' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.22% in 2021, then rose by 12bps to 0.24% in 2022, then grew by 26bps to 0.31% in 2023, then dropped by -25bps to 0.23% in 2024, then crashed by -44bps to 0.13% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SBUX's Return on Capital Employed are 0.13% (Q3 2025), 0.23% (Q4 2024), and 0.27% (Q1 2024).