Growth Metrics

Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Bio-Rad Laboratories has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.62% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 511.0% to 0.62% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.62% through Mar 2026, down 511.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.5% for FY2025, 588.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.62% for Q1 2026 at Bio-Rad Laboratories, up from 0.49% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 8.84% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 100.1% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 4.15% (2022), against an average of 3.0%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed plummeted -10648bps in 2024 and then skyrocketed 10583bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 8.84% in 2022, then fell by -30bps to 6.23% in 2023, then crashed by -1708bps to 100.1% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 100bps to 0.49% in 2025, then grew by 27bps to 0.62% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BIO's Return on Capital Employed are 0.62% (Q1 2026), 0.49% (Q4 2025), and 2.38% (Q3 2025).