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

Bausch & Lomb's Return on Capital Employed history runs 5 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 1.9% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 127.0% year-over-year to 1.9% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.9% (up 127.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.96%, down 43.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed was 1.9% for Q1 2026 at Bausch & Lomb, up from 0.94% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 3.06% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.31% in Q2 2025.
• A 5-year average of 1.49% and a median of 1.22% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed plunged 167 bps — and 2026, when it jumped 127 bps.
• Bausch & Lomb's Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.15% in 2022, then slumped by 48 bps to 1.11% in 2023, then climbed by 24 bps to 1.38% in 2024, then slumped by 32 bps to 0.94% in 2025, then surged by 101 bps to 1.9% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows BLCO's Return on Capital Employed at 1.9% in Q1 2026, 0.94% in Q4 2025, and 0.74% in Q3 2025.