Cencora (COR) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Cencora (COR) posted Return on Capital Employed of 11.68% for Q1 2026, down 20.12% on a QoQ basis from 14.63% in Q4 2025, and down 345.0% year-over-year from 4.77% in Q1 2025.

Cencora (COR) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cencora's Return on Capital Employed history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 11.68% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 345.0% year-over-year to 11.68% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.68% (down 345.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 18.74%, down 187.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 11.68% for Q1 2026 at Cencora, down from 14.63% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 20.46% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 11.68% in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 16.74% and a median of 17.38% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed soared 5394 bps — and 2025, when it sank 576 bps.
  • Cencora's Return on Capital Employed stood at 18.88% in 2022, then climbed by 4 bps to 19.69% in 2023, then slipped by 23 bps to 15.17% in 2024, then slipped by 4 bps to 14.63% in 2025, then fell by 20 bps to 11.68% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows COR's Return on Capital Employed at 11.68% in Q1 2026, 14.63% in Q4 2025, and 15.06% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Mckesson 105.72 Bn 101.75 Bn 4.04 Bn 38.25%
2 Cencora 60.96 Bn 58.79 Bn 3.59 Bn 11.68%
3 Cardinal Health 53.93 Bn 49.99 Bn 2.50 Bn 15.02%
4 Henry Schein 9.78 Bn 9.65 Bn 1.07 Bn 8.29%
5 Akso Health 3.06 Bn 3.06 Bn - -
6 111 651.73 Mn 572.63 Mn 23.58 Mn -0.62%
7 Accendra Health 247.26 Mn -89.62 Mn 278.03 Mn 2.01%
8 Edap Tms 230.14 Mn 215.14 Mn 8.15 Mn -67.59%
9 VitaNova Life Sciences 11.51 Mn 11.01 Mn 316,343.00 64.08%
10 Cosmos Health 9.29 Mn 7.13 Mn 1.38 Mn -60.49%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 11.68%
Dec 31, 2025 14.63%
Sep 30, 2025 15.06%
Jun 30, 2025 14.70%
Mar 31, 2025 15.13%
Dec 31, 2024 15.17%
Sep 30, 2024 17.18%
Jun 30, 2024 20.46%
Mar 31, 2024 17.38%
Dec 31, 2023 19.69%
Sep 30, 2023 17.95%
Jun 30, 2023 17.58%
Mar 31, 2023 16.10%
Dec 31, 2022 18.88%
Sep 30, 2022 17.67%
Jun 30, 2022 17.56%
Mar 31, 2022 17.80%
Dec 31, 2021 15.47%
Sep 30, 2021 15.41%
Jun 30, 2021 -36.38%