Growth Metrics

XCel Brands (XELB) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

XCel Brands' Return on Invested Capital history spans 14 years, with the latest figure at 0.8% for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 28.0% year-over-year to 0.8%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.8%, down 28.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.54%, 20.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q3 2025 was 0.8% at XCel Brands, up from 0.8% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.1% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.8% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.34% (2023), against an average of 0.32%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital grew 26bps in 2022 before it plummeted -44bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.12% in 2021, then surged by 73bps to 0.03% in 2022, then tumbled by -1082bps to 0.4% in 2023, then crashed by -64bps to 0.65% in 2024, then dropped by -22bps to 0.8% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for XELB's Return on Invested Capital are 0.8% (Q3 2025), 0.8% (Q2 2025), and 0.63% (Q1 2025).