Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026)
Abbott Laboratories' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 7.98% for Q2 2026, down 2.86 percentage points from 10.85% a year earlier and down 1.62 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Abbott Laboratories' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 11.92%, up 1.11 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] carries a five-year change of +2.73 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 10.81% in FY2024 (+0.01 pp), 10.80% in FY2023 (-3.30 pp), 14.09% in FY2022 (+0.23 pp) and 13.86% in FY2021 (+4.68 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q3 2020.
- Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.31 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years came in Q3 2021 (a gain of 6.62 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2023 (a drop of 6.21 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows ABT's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at 9.61% (Q1 2026), 11.68% (Q4 2025) and 11.10% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 259.20 Bn | 235.84 Bn | 5.13 Bn | 8.51% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 185.80 Bn | 160.26 Bn | 7.39 Bn | 7.18% |
| 3 | Danaher | 162.11 Bn | 141.76 Bn | 3.84 Bn | 6.23% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 155.35 Bn | 135.64 Bn | 2.08 Bn | 18.68% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 131.92 Bn | 97.43 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 13.86% |
| 6 | Stryker | 119.74 Bn | 105.93 Bn | 4.25 Bn | 13.22% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 64.30 Bn | 59.73 Bn | 3.43 Bn | 9.99% |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 61.64 Bn | 44.85 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 11.59% |
| 9 | Agilent Technologies | 48.79 Bn | 41.68 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 14.60% |
| 10 | GE HealthCare Technologies | 37.32 Bn | 25.55 Bn | 2.22 Bn | 9.95% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 7.18% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 7.98% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 9.61% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 11.68% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 11.10% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 10.85% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.42% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 10.71% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 11.39% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.99% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 10.80% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 11.01% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.06% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 10.34% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.68% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 14.38% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 15.69% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 16.55% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 14.89% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 13.72% |
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Abbott Laboratories Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] 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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=ABT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "ABT", "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=ABT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();