Bausch & Lomb BLCO
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$17.24 +0.04 (+0.23%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) Return on Capital Employed (2022 - 2026)

Bausch & Lomb's (BLCO) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 2.71% in Q2 2026, up 240.0% YoY from 0.8% in Q2 2025, and up 42.84% on a QoQ basis from 1.9% in Q1 2026.

Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) Return on Capital Employed (2022 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) has 5 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 2.71% in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 240.0% year-over-year to 2.71% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 2.71% (up 240.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.96%, down 43.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed advanced to 2.71% in Q2 2026, from 1.9% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 3.06% in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.31% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 1.55% and a median of 1.3% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed sank 167 bps — and 2026, when it jumped 240 bps.
  • Tracing BLCO's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 2.15% in 2022, then plunged by 48 bps to 1.11% in 2023, then gained by 24 bps to 1.38% in 2024, then plunged by 32 bps to 0.94% in 2025, then jumped by 188 bps to 2.71% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 2.71% (Q2 2026), 1.9% (Q1 2026), and 0.94% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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1 Intuitive Surgical 134.13 Bn 128.91 Bn 1.96 Bn 18.58%
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3 Alcon 35.81 Bn 34.46 Bn 1.68 Bn 28.11%
4 Resmed 33.72 Bn 32.25 Bn 861.22 Mn 25.22%
5 Medline 29.38 Bn 26.70 Bn 2.22 Bn 5.57%
6 West Pharmaceutical Services 25.00 Bn 24.57 Bn 329.20 Mn 19.71%
7 Solventum 15.46 Bn 15.06 Bn 1.29 Bn 19.76%
8 Cooper Companies 14.88 Bn 14.74 Bn 735.40 Mn 4.68%
9 Baxter International 13.58 Bn 11.43 Bn 1.03 Bn 3.28%
10 Bausch & Lomb 6.14 Bn 5.76 Bn 867.00 Mn 2.71%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 2.71%
Mar 31, 2026 1.90%
Dec 31, 2025 0.94%
Sep 30, 2025 0.74%
Jun 30, 2025 0.31%
Mar 31, 2025 0.62%
Dec 31, 2024 1.38%
Sep 30, 2024 1.07%
Jun 30, 2024 1.04%
Mar 31, 2024 1.17%
Dec 31, 2023 1.11%
Sep 30, 2023 1.22%
Jun 30, 2023 1.39%
Mar 31, 2023 1.52%
Dec 31, 2022 2.15%
Sep 30, 2022 2.57%
Jun 30, 2022 3.06%
Mar 31, 2022 3.05%