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

Updated

Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) recorded Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 2.71% in Q2 2026, up 2.40 percentage points from 0.31% a year earlier and up 0.81 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

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

For FY2025, Bausch & Lomb reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 0.96%, down 0.43 percentage points from FY2024.

  • Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a three-year change of -1.18 percentage points (FY2022 to FY2025).
  • Across earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 1.38% in FY2024 (+0.17 pp), 1.21% in FY2023 (-0.92 pp) and 2.14% in FY2022.
  • The Q2 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q2 2022.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] rose in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.22 percentage points.
  • Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the last five years was a gain of 2.40 percentage points in Q2 2026, against a drop of 1.67 percentage points in Q2 2023 at the low end.
  • Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 1.90% (Q1 2026), 0.94% (Q4 2025) and 0.74% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Thermo Fisher Scientific 242.18 Bn 221.33 Bn 4.88 Bn 8.30%
2 Abbott Laboratories 168.71 Bn 139.79 Bn 7.27 Bn 7.98%
3 Danaher 150.46 Bn 134.27 Bn 3.61 Bn 6.42%
4 Intuitive Surgical 138.71 Bn 118.26 Bn 1.96 Bn 18.58%
5 Medtronic 110.54 Bn 76.41 Bn 6.34 Bn 8.34%
6 Stryker 105.66 Bn 91.78 Bn 4.50 Bn 13.69%
7 Boston Scientific 61.74 Bn 56.75 Bn 3.85 Bn 10.83%
8 Edwards Lifesciences 49.09 Bn 33.21 Bn 1.35 Bn 11.99%
9 Becton Dickinson 48.16 Bn 45.31 Bn 2.32 Bn 6.00%
10 Bausch & Lomb 6.10 Bn 4.84 Bn 867.00 Mn 2.71%
Historic Data

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%
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