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

Historic Return on Invested Capital for Starbucks (SBUX) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.21%.

  • Starbucks' Return on Invested Capital fell 2600.0% to 0.21% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Dec 2025 it was 0.21%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 2600.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.27% for FY2025, which is 2600.0% down from last year.
  • According to the latest figures from Q4 2025, Starbucks' Return on Invested Capital is 0.21%, which was down 2600.0% from 0.25% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Starbucks' Return on Invested Capital registered a high of 0.69% during Q4 2023, and its lowest value of 0.18% during Q1 2021.
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Return on Invested Capital was 0.54% (2022), whereas its average is 0.49%.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Starbucks' Return on Invested Capital plummeted by -4600bps in 2021 and then skyrocketed by 4200bps in 2022.
  • Over the past 5 years, Starbucks' Return on Invested Capital (Quarter) stood at 0.45% in 2021, then grew by 29bps to 0.58% in 2022, then increased by 20bps to 0.69% in 2023, then tumbled by -31bps to 0.47% in 2024, then plummeted by -56bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 0.21% in Q4 2025, 0.25% for Q3 2025, and 0.34% during Q2 2025.