Cooper Companies (COO) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026)
Cooper Companies (COO) reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 5.08% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 1.43 percentage points from 6.51% a year earlier but up 0.40 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Cooper Companies (COO) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Oct 31, 2025), Cooper Companies posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 6.07%, down 0.36 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of +0.41 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 6.44% in FY2024 (+1.41 pp), 5.03% in FY2023 (-0.45 pp), 5.48% in FY2022 (-1.32 pp) and 6.80% in FY2021 (+1.13 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] spans a low of 4.62% in fiscal Q2 2023 and a high of 6.70% in fiscal Q2 2025.
- Year over year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] gained in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.16 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in five years was fiscal Q1 2025 (a gain of 1.59 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q2 2026 (a drop of 2.03 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 4.68% (Q2 2026), 6.60% (Q1 2026) and 6.06% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 259.44 Bn | 236.08 Bn | 5.13 Bn | 8.51% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 187.98 Bn | 162.45 Bn | 7.39 Bn | 7.18% |
| 3 | Danaher | 163.91 Bn | 143.58 Bn | 3.84 Bn | 6.23% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 153.75 Bn | 134.17 Bn | 2.08 Bn | 18.68% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 131.67 Bn | 97.80 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 13.86% |
| 6 | Stryker | 117.84 Bn | 104.03 Bn | 4.25 Bn | 13.22% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 64.27 Bn | 59.95 Bn | 3.43 Bn | 9.99% |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 61.69 Bn | 45.00 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 11.59% |
| 9 | Medline | 51.94 Bn | 49.07 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 4.76% |
| 10 | Cooper Companies | 11.91 Bn | 11.38 Bn | 711.90 Mn | 5.08% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 5.08% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 4.68% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 6.60% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 6.06% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 6.51% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 6.70% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 6.52% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 6.31% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 5.79% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 5.43% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 4.93% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 4.98% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 4.71% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 4.62% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 4.96% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 4.96% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 5.18% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 4.89% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 5.61% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 5.70% |
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Cooper Companies Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=COO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "COO", "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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=COO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();