Growth Metrics

Sweetgreen (SG) Return on Capital Employed (2022 - 2025)

Sweetgreen (SG) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 4 consecutive years, with 0.2% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 7.0% to 0.2% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.2% through Dec 2025, down 7.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.2% for FY2025, 7.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.2% in Q4 2025 for Sweetgreen, down from 0.17% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.12% in Q3 2024 to a low of 0.29% in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.19% across 4 years, with a median of 0.17% in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: increased 11bps in 2023 and later fell -7bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.26% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 40bps to 0.16% in 2023, then increased by 18bps to 0.13% in 2024, then tumbled by -57bps to 0.2% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for SG at 0.2% in Q4 2025, 0.17% in Q3 2025, and 0.15% in Q2 2025.