Boston Scientific (BSX) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Boston Scientific's (BSX) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 9.62% in Q1 2026, up 141.0% year-on-year from 3.99% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 9.57% in Q4 2025.

Boston Scientific (BSX) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Boston Scientific has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 9.62% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 9.62%, up 141.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 9.62% (up 141.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 10.01%, up 158.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 9.62% for Q1 2026 at Boston Scientific, roughly flat from 9.57% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 9.62% in Q1 2026 to a low of 4.62% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 7.9% (2023), against an average of 7.4%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 410 bps in 2022 and grew 15 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Boston Scientific's Return on Capital Employed stood at 5.81% in 2022, then soared by 36 bps to 7.9% in 2023, then increased by 2 bps to 8.05% in 2024, then advanced by 19 bps to 9.57% in 2025, then gained by 0 bps to 9.62% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 9.62% (Q1 2026), 9.57% (Q4 2025), and 9.41% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Abbott Laboratories 154.42 Bn 147.76 Bn 6.27 Bn 9.61%
2 Stryker 118.12 Bn 115.25 Bn 3.81 Bn 12.24%
3 Medtronic 101.72 Bn 93.55 Bn 5.76 Bn 7.36%
4 Boston Scientific 67.19 Bn 65.98 Bn 3.61 Bn 9.62%
5 Edwards Lifesciences 50.69 Bn 47.02 Bn 1.29 Bn 11.13%
6 Koninklijke Philips 29.38 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 10.45%
7 Dexcom 28.09 Bn 26.97 Bn 750.30 Mn 24.24%
8 GE HealthCare Technologies 28.08 Bn 26.02 Bn 1.98 Bn 9.30%
9 Steris 19.80 Bn 19.37 Bn 697.10 Mn 11.57%
10 Zimmer Biomet Holdings 17.18 Bn 16.77 Bn 1.51 Bn 5.88%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 9.62%
Dec 31, 2025 9.57%
Sep 30, 2025 9.41%
Jun 30, 2025 8.83%
Mar 31, 2025 8.21%
Dec 31, 2024 8.05%
Sep 30, 2024 7.93%
Jun 30, 2024 7.89%
Mar 31, 2024 7.96%
Dec 31, 2023 7.90%
Sep 30, 2023 7.39%
Jun 30, 2023 6.37%
Mar 31, 2023 6.07%
Dec 31, 2022 5.81%
Sep 30, 2022 5.00%
Jun 30, 2022 5.13%
Mar 31, 2022 4.62%
Dec 31, 2021 4.32%
Sep 30, 2021 3.89%
Jun 30, 2021 1.77%