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Biolife Solutions (BLFS) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Biolife Solutions (BLFS) reported Return on Capital Employed of 3.99% for Q1 2026, down 353.0% year-over-year from 1.58% in Q1 2025, and up 5.61% on a QoQ basis from 4.22% in Q4 2025.

Biolife Solutions (BLFS) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 3.99% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 353.0% year-over-year to 3.99% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.99% (down 353.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 4.37%, down 317.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed advanced to 3.99% in Q1 2026 per BLFS's latest filing, from 4.22% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 13.59% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 26.14% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 3.22% (2024), against an average of 3.62%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed sank 2176 bps; it then soared 3948 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing BLFS's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 1.4% in 2022, then sank by 330 bps to 6.0% in 2023, then jumped by 79 bps to 1.25% in 2024, then slumped by 238 bps to 4.22% in 2025, then climbed by 6 bps to 3.99% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest BLFS Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 3.99% (Q1 2026), 4.22% (Q4 2025), and 4.6% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

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1 Intuitive Surgical 156.17 Bn 151.78 Bn 1.83 Bn 17.54%
2 Becton Dickinson 41.51 Bn 40.49 Bn 2.15 Bn 5.02%
3 Resmed 30.43 Bn 28.77 Bn 890.98 Mn 25.95%
4 West Pharmaceutical Services 22.78 Bn 22.26 Bn 296.40 Mn 18.63%
5 Solventum 13.39 Bn 13.39 Bn 1.10 Bn 19.44%
6 Cooper Companies 12.33 Bn 12.20 Bn 695.20 Mn 6.60%
7 Align Technology 11.65 Bn 10.59 Bn 736.59 Mn 12.74%
8 Baxter International 9.81 Bn 7.77 Bn 891.00 Mn 13.02%
9 Aptargroup 7.39 Bn 7.19 Bn 351.91 Mn 12.04%
10 Biolife Solutions 1.20 Bn 1.12 Bn 17.50 Mn -3.99%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -3.99%
Dec 31, 2025 -4.22%
Sep 30, 2025 -4.60%
Jun 30, 2025 -4.69%
Mar 31, 2025 -0.45%
Dec 31, 2024 -1.25%
Sep 30, 2024 3.61%
Jun 30, 2024 -0.71%
Mar 31, 2024 -3.22%
Dec 31, 2023 -6.00%
Sep 30, 2023 13.34%
Jun 30, 2023 13.59%
Mar 31, 2023 -2.88%
Dec 31, 2022 -1.40%
Sep 30, 2022 -26.14%
Jun 30, 2022 -24.23%
Mar 31, 2022 -8.24%
Dec 31, 2021 -6.84%
Sep 30, 2021 -4.38%
Jun 30, 2021 -3.49%
Mar 31, 2021 -3.43%
Dec 31, 2020 -3.12%
Sep 30, 2020 -1.09%
Jun 30, 2020 -1.15%
Mar 31, 2020 -0.61%
Dec 31, 2019 0.32%
Sep 30, 2019 3.54%
Dec 31, 2018 7.96%
Sep 30, 2018 7.59%
Dec 31, 2017 -9.50%
Sep 30, 2017 -19.30%
Jun 30, 2017 -34.29%
Mar 31, 2017 -53.27%
Dec 31, 2016 -59.07%
Sep 30, 2016 -78.24%
Jun 30, 2016 -68.90%
Mar 31, 2016 -53.00%
Dec 31, 2015 -45.31%
Mar 31, 2015 -27.75%
Mar 31, 2014 -9.84%
Jun 30, 2013 -17.30%
Mar 31, 2013 -31.34%
Dec 31, 2012 -48.86%
Sep 30, 2012 -47.61%
Jun 30, 2012 -67.77%
Mar 31, 2012 -86.72%
Dec 31, 2011 -117.00%
Sep 30, 2011 -131.18%