Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2022 - 2026)
Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) recorded Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 2.80% in Q2 2026, up 2.59 percentage points from 0.21% a year earlier and up 0.82 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2022 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Bausch & Lomb reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 0.99%, down 0.43 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a three-year change of +0.54 percentage points (FY2022 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 1.42% in FY2024 (+0.18 pp), 1.24% in FY2023 (+0.79 pp) and 0.45% in FY2022.
- The Q2 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in data going back to Q1 2022.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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 Invested Capital [ROIC] in the last five years was a gain of 2.59 percentage points in Q2 2026, against a drop of 0.86 percentage points in Q2 2025 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 1.98% (Q1 2026), 0.98% (Q4 2025) and 0.67% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 242.18 Bn | 221.33 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 7.89% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 168.71 Bn | 139.79 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 6.20% |
| 3 | Danaher | 150.46 Bn | 134.27 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 5.71% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 138.71 Bn | 118.26 Bn | 1.96 Bn | - |
| 5 | Medtronic | 110.54 Bn | 76.41 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 6.90% |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.66 Bn | 91.78 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 10.46% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 61.74 Bn | 56.75 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 10.53% |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 49.09 Bn | 33.21 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 8.99% |
| 9 | Becton Dickinson | 48.16 Bn | 45.31 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 5.27% |
| 10 | Bausch & Lomb | 6.10 Bn | 4.84 Bn | 867.00 Mn | 2.80% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.80% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.98% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.98% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.67% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.21% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.65% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.43% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.10% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.07% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.21% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.14% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.26% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.43% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.58% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.45% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.14% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.01% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.18% |
API Access
Bausch & Lomb Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=BLCO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "BLCO", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=BLCO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();