Sweetgreen (SG) Return on Capital Employed (2022 - 2026)

Sweetgreen has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 5 years of filings, most recently posting 19.58% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 19.58%, down 644.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 19.58% (down 644.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 19.8%, down 688.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 19.58% for Q1 2026 at Sweetgreen, up from 20.26% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 12.31% in Q3 2024 to a low of 29.03% in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 17.54% (2023), against an average of 18.61%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 1149 bps in 2023 and tumbled 735 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Sweetgreen's Return on Capital Employed stood at 26.41% in 2022, then soared by 40 bps to 15.75% in 2023, then increased by 18 bps to 12.91% in 2024, then sank by 57 bps to 20.26% in 2025, then advanced by 3 bps to 19.58% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 19.58% (Q1 2026), 20.26% (Q4 2025), and 17.22% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.