Growth Metrics

Align Technology (ALGN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Align Technology (ALGN) reported Return on Capital Employed of 12.74% for Q1 2026, down 128.0% year-over-year from 45.51% in Q1 2025, and up 0.72% on a QoQ basis from 12.65% in Q4 2025.

Align Technology (ALGN) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 12.74% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 128.0% year-over-year to 12.74% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 12.74% (down 128.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 12.68%, down 210.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed improved to 12.74% in Q1 2026 per ALGN's latest filing, from 12.65% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 23.27% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 12.55% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 14.75% (2023), against an average of 15.62%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed reached 800 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 917 bps in 2022.
  • Tracing ALGN's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 16.05% in 2022, then retreated by 3 bps to 15.56% in 2023, then dropped by 8 bps to 14.29% in 2024, then slipped by 11 bps to 12.65% in 2025, then climbed by 1 bps to 12.74% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ALGN Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 12.74% (Q1 2026), 12.65% (Q4 2025), and 12.55% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Intuitive Surgical 156.17 Bn 151.78 Bn 1.83 Bn 17.54%
2 Becton Dickinson 41.51 Bn 40.49 Bn 2.15 Bn 5.02%
3 Resmed 30.43 Bn 28.77 Bn 890.98 Mn 25.95%
4 West Pharmaceutical Services 22.78 Bn 22.26 Bn 296.40 Mn 18.63%
5 Solventum 13.39 Bn 13.39 Bn 1.10 Bn 19.44%
6 Cooper Companies 12.33 Bn 12.20 Bn 695.20 Mn 6.60%
7 Align Technology 11.65 Bn 10.59 Bn 736.59 Mn 12.74%
8 Baxter International 9.81 Bn 7.77 Bn 891.00 Mn 13.02%
9 Aptargroup 7.39 Bn 7.19 Bn 351.91 Mn 12.04%
10 Repligen 6.39 Bn 5.41 Bn 108.28 Mn 2.29%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 12.74%
Dec 31, 2025 12.65%
Sep 30, 2025 12.55%
Jun 30, 2025 14.42%
Mar 31, 2025 14.03%
Dec 31, 2024 14.29%
Sep 30, 2024 15.12%
Jun 30, 2024 15.52%
Mar 31, 2024 16.21%
Dec 31, 2023 15.56%
Sep 30, 2023 14.23%
Jun 30, 2023 14.35%
Mar 31, 2023 14.75%
Dec 31, 2022 16.05%
Sep 30, 2022 18.53%
Jun 30, 2022 21.32%
Mar 31, 2022 23.27%
Dec 31, 2021 25.22%
Sep 30, 2021 25.95%
Jun 30, 2021 25.02%
Mar 31, 2021 15.26%
Dec 31, 2020 11.74%
Sep 30, 2020 10.49%
Jun 30, 2020 9.01%
Mar 31, 2020 22.60%
Dec 31, 2019 37.30%
Sep 30, 2019 34.63%
Jun 30, 2019 33.96%
Mar 31, 2019 34.07%
Dec 31, 2018 35.93%
Sep 30, 2018 34.94%
Jun 30, 2018 33.46%
Mar 31, 2018 30.83%
Dec 31, 2017 28.50%
Sep 30, 2017 26.86%
Jun 30, 2017 25.52%
Mar 31, 2017 24.22%
Dec 31, 2016 24.33%
Sep 30, 2016 24.94%
Jun 30, 2016 23.20%
Mar 31, 2016 21.25%
Dec 31, 2015 22.26%
Sep 30, 2015 22.33%
Jun 30, 2015 24.12%
Mar 31, 2015 24.85%
Dec 31, 2014 25.26%
Sep 30, 2014 27.15%
Jun 30, 2014 26.48%
Mar 31, 2014 25.30%
Dec 31, 2013 15.19%
Sep 30, 2013 10.27%
Jun 30, 2013 3.86%
Mar 31, 2013 3.27%
Dec 31, 2012 14.11%
Sep 30, 2012 15.71%
Jun 30, 2012 20.57%
Mar 31, 2012 18.43%
Dec 31, 2011 19.13%
Sep 30, 2011 17.41%
Jun 30, 2011 17.85%
Mar 31, 2011 25.76%
Dec 31, 2010 27.91%
Sep 30, 2010 29.58%