Simply Good Foods (SMPL) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2017 - 2026)
Simply Good Foods (SMPL) posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -10.01% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended May 30, 2026), down 17.79 percentage points from 7.78% a year earlier and down 5.36 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Simply Good Foods (SMPL) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Aug 30, 2025), Simply Good Foods' Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 5.72%, down 2.05 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] shows a five-year change of +0.80 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Simply Good Foods' Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 7.77% in FY2024 (-0.66 pp), 8.43% in FY2023 (+0.04 pp), 8.40% in FY2022 (+3.20 pp) and 5.20% in FY2021 (+0.27 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in data going back to fiscal Q1 2018.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined in each of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -4.68 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2022, with a gain of 7.52 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2026, with a drop of 17.79 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] for the three prior fiscal quarters was -4.65% (Q2 2026), 4.97% (Q1 2026) and 5.77% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.43 Bn | 98.30 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 81.43 Bn | 74.75 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 7.21% |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.30 Bn | 30.54 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 16.53% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 29.39 Bn | 15.92 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -4.99% |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.37 Bn | 16.03 Bn | 1.49 Bn | -0.98% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 13.89 Bn | 13.67 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 3.60% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.96 Bn | 12.61 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 5.97% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.58 Bn | 8.27 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 3.50% |
| 9 | Chewy | 8.80 Bn | 6.09 Bn | 1.01 Bn | - |
| 10 | Simply Good Foods | 920.87 Mn | 397.03 Mn | 116.10 Mn | -10.01% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 30, 2026 | -10.01% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | -4.65% |
| Nov 29, 2025 | 4.97% |
| Aug 30, 2025 | 5.77% |
| May 31, 2025 | 7.78% |
| Mar 1, 2025 | 7.71% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 7.49% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 7.62% |
| May 25, 2024 | 8.49% |
| Feb 24, 2024 | 8.41% |
| Nov 25, 2023 | 8.23% |
| Aug 26, 2023 | 8.41% |
| May 27, 2023 | 8.05% |
| Feb 25, 2023 | 8.13% |
| Nov 26, 2022 | 8.10% |
| Aug 27, 2022 | 7.94% |
| May 28, 2022 | 7.52% |
| Feb 26, 2022 | 6.79% |
| Nov 27, 2021 | 3.53% |
| Aug 28, 2021 | 5.31% |
API Access
Simply Good Foods Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=SMPL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=SMPL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();