Growth Metrics

United Natural Foods (UNFI) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2026)

United Natural Foods' Return on Invested Capital history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.0% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.0%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.0%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.01%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 was 0.0% at United Natural Foods, up from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.14% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.01% (2025), against an average of 0.03%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital increased 5bps in 2023 before it fell -13bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.08% in 2022, then plummeted by -99bps to 0.0% in 2023, then surged by 604bps to 0.01% in 2024, then plummeted by -157bps to 0.0% in 2025, then surged by 176bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for UNFI's Return on Invested Capital are 0.0% (Q1 2026), 0.0% (Q4 2025), and 0.01% (Q3 2025).