Simply Good Foods (SMPL) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2017 - 2026)
Simply Good Foods (SMPL) reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -11.88% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended May 30, 2026), down 21.22 percentage points from 9.34% a year earlier and down 6.06 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Simply Good Foods (SMPL) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Aug 30, 2025), Simply Good Foods posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 6.85%, down 2.72 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, though with a five-year change of +1.64 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 9.57% in FY2024 (-0.65 pp), 10.22% in FY2023 (-0.07 pp), 10.29% in FY2022 (+1.23 pp) and 9.06% in FY2021 (+3.86 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to fiscal Q1 2018.
- Year over year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has now declined in each of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -5.73 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in five years was fiscal Q4 2021 (a gain of 4.98 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q3 2026 (a drop of 21.22 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at -5.82% (Q2 2026), 6.03% (Q1 2026) and 6.85% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 145.85 Bn | 97.31 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 82.32 Bn | 75.59 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 8.97% |
| 3 | Hershey | 35.10 Bn | 31.34 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 20.49% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 29.70 Bn | 16.12 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -4.62% |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.77 Bn | 16.41 Bn | 1.49 Bn | -0.89% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.15 Bn | 13.94 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 5.93% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 13.04 Bn | 12.11 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 8.50% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.64 Bn | 8.30 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 5.01% |
| 9 | Chewy | 8.97 Bn | 6.26 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 24.87% |
| 10 | Simply Good Foods | 985.75 Mn | 461.90 Mn | 116.10 Mn | -11.88% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 30, 2026 | -11.88% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | -5.82% |
| Nov 29, 2025 | 6.03% |
| Aug 30, 2025 | 6.85% |
| May 31, 2025 | 9.34% |
| Mar 1, 2025 | 9.28% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 8.98% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 9.38% |
| May 25, 2024 | 10.34% |
| Feb 24, 2024 | 10.35% |
| Nov 25, 2023 | 10.08% |
| Aug 26, 2023 | 10.25% |
| May 27, 2023 | 9.57% |
| Feb 25, 2023 | 9.64% |
| Nov 26, 2022 | 9.80% |
| Aug 27, 2022 | 10.13% |
| May 28, 2022 | 10.10% |
| Feb 26, 2022 | 10.48% |
| Nov 27, 2021 | 9.79% |
| Aug 28, 2021 | 8.99% |
API Access
Simply Good Foods Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=SMPL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "SMPL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=SMPL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();