Avantor (AVTR) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026)

Avantor's (AVTR) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 2.84% in Q1 2026, down 1350.0% year-on-year from 0.23% in Q1 2025, and down 19.4% quarter-over-quarter from 2.38% in Q4 2025.

Avantor (AVTR) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Avantor's Return on Capital Employed history runs 8 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 2.84% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 1350.0% year-over-year to 2.84% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 2.84%, a 1350.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 2.33%, down 1776.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed retreated to 2.84% in Q1 2026 per AVTR's latest filing, from 2.38% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 15.02% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 2.84% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 8.74% (2022), against an average of 7.69%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 406 bps in 2025 and plunged 1350 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 15.02% in 2022, then plunged by 41 bps to 8.82% in 2023, then climbed by 17 bps to 10.36% in 2024, then tumbled by 123 bps to 2.38% in 2025, then retreated by 19 bps to 2.84% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest AVTR Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 2.84% (Q1 2026), 2.38% (Q4 2025), and 2.48% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Alcon 32,734,969.19 Bn 32,734,967.53 Bn 1.53 Bn 28.56%
2 Intuitive Surgical 117.50 Bn 112.41 Bn 1.96 Bn 18.58%
3 Becton Dickinson 42.93 Bn 42.11 Bn 2.15 Bn 5.02%
4 Medline 30.82 Bn 36.66 Bn 1.84 Bn -
5 Resmed 27.90 Bn 26.23 Bn 890.98 Mn 25.95%
6 West Pharmaceutical Services 26.76 Bn 26.23 Bn 329.20 Mn 19.71%
7 Cooper Companies 15.30 Bn 15.16 Bn 735.40 Mn 4.68%
8 Solventum 13.46 Bn 12.90 Bn 1.10 Bn 19.44%
9 Align Technology 12.02 Bn 10.96 Bn 736.59 Mn 12.74%
10 Avantor 7.67 Bn 7.39 Bn 500.70 Mn -2.84%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -2.84%
Dec 31, 2025 -2.38%
Sep 30, 2025 2.48%
Jun 30, 2025 10.41%
Mar 31, 2025 10.66%
Dec 31, 2024 10.36%
Sep 30, 2024 5.66%
Jun 30, 2024 6.35%
Mar 31, 2024 7.72%
Dec 31, 2023 8.82%
Sep 30, 2023 6.68%
Jun 30, 2023 7.11%
Mar 31, 2023 13.77%
Dec 31, 2022 15.02%
Sep 30, 2022 9.32%
Jun 30, 2022 8.74%
Mar 31, 2022 12.82%
Dec 31, 2021 13.74%
Sep 30, 2021 9.25%
Jun 30, 2021 9.90%