Growth Metrics

Walmart (WMT) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Walmart's Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.18% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.18%; the TTM value through Oct 2025 reached 0.18%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.18%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.18% at Walmart, down from 0.18% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.19% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 0.13% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.17% (2024), against an average of 0.16%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed dropped -3bps in 2023 before it rose 3bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.17% in 2021, then fell by -14bps to 0.14% in 2022, then increased by 16bps to 0.17% in 2023, then grew by 11bps to 0.18% in 2024, then decreased by -4bps to 0.18% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WMT's Return on Capital Employed are 0.18% (Q4 2025), 0.18% (Q3 2025), and 0.19% (Q2 2025).