Bruker (BRKR) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Bruker posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 0.96% for Q1 2026, down 390.0% year-on-year from 0.33% in Q1 2025, and down 28.45% on a QoQ basis from 1.35% in Q4 2025.
Bruker (BRKR) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 0.96% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 390.0% year-over-year to 0.96%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.96% (down 390.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.44%, down 532.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 0.96%, down from 1.35% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 17.39% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 0.96% in Q1 2026.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 11.86% (2024), against an average of 10.35%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed soared 192 bps; it then sank 1072 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 16.9% in 2022, then slipped by 9 bps to 15.42% in 2023, then tumbled by 65 bps to 5.41% in 2024, then plunged by 75 bps to 1.35% in 2025, then retreated by 28 bps to 0.96% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.96% (Q1 2026), 1.35% (Q4 2025), and 1.25% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abbott Laboratories | 152.82 Bn | 146.17 Bn | 6.27 Bn | 9.61% |
| 2 | Stryker | 115.07 Bn | 112.19 Bn | 3.81 Bn | 12.24% |
| 3 | Medtronic | 95.25 Bn | 87.08 Bn | 5.76 Bn | 7.36% |
| 4 | Boston Scientific | 71.38 Bn | 70.17 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 9.62% |
| 5 | Edwards Lifesciences | 51.08 Bn | 47.41 Bn | 1.29 Bn | 11.13% |
| 6 | Koninklijke Philips | 29.38 Bn | 26.07 Bn | 2.07 Bn | 7.62% |
| 7 | Dexcom | 28.84 Bn | 27.72 Bn | 750.30 Mn | 24.24% |
| 8 | GE HealthCare Technologies | 28.56 Bn | 26.49 Bn | 1.98 Bn | 9.30% |
| 9 | Steris | 20.71 Bn | 20.30 Bn | 697.10 Mn | 11.57% |
| 10 | Bruker | 8.89 Bn | 8.77 Bn | 379.80 Mn | 0.96% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.96% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.35% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.25% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.84% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.86% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.41% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.07% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.74% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.86% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 15.42% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 16.79% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 17.08% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 17.39% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 16.90% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 17.11% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 15.44% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 15.47% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 16.87% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 18.33% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 17.50% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 15.30% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 11.43% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 11.36% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 11.79% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 13.11% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 15.70% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 16.96% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 16.37% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 17.14% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 18.62% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 19.56% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 18.15% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 16.53% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 15.34% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 14.13% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 14.15% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 13.81% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 13.86% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 14.17% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 12.83% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 13.79% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 11.83% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 10.34% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 8.41% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 7.82% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 8.08% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 9.05% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 10.70% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 11.71% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 11.28% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 10.34% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 12.89% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 11.23% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 13.61% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 15.66% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 14.45% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 16.72% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 16.65% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 20.05% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 20.43% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 21.59% |