Growth Metrics

Bruker (BRKR) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Bruker filings provide 15 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 0.09% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 532.0% to 0.09% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.09%, a 532.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.1%, down 666.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.09% in Q4 2025 for Bruker, down from 1.25% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 18.33% in Q3 2021 to a low of 0.09% in Q4 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 15.43% (2023), compared with a mean of 12.09%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: soared 697bps in 2021 and later plummeted -1072bps in 2024.
  • Bruker's Return on Capital Employed stood at 16.87% in 2021, then rose by 0bps to 16.9% in 2022, then dropped by -9bps to 15.42% in 2023, then tumbled by -65bps to 5.41% in 2024, then tumbled by -98bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.09% (Q4 2025), 1.25% (Q3 2025), and 3.84% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.