Caribou Biosciences (CRBU) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2021 - 2026)
Caribou Biosciences (CRBU) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -85.58% for Q2 2026, down 8.84 percentage points from -76.74% a year earlier but up 6.84 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Caribou Biosciences (CRBU) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Caribou Biosciences' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -67.76%, down 19.06 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for three consecutive years, with a four-year change of -36.37 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Caribou Biosciences' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -48.70% in FY2024 (-17.73 pp), -30.98% in FY2023 (-2.97 pp), -28.00% in FY2022 (+3.39 pp) and -31.39% in FY2021.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has run from a low of -92.85% in Q4 2025 to a high of -15.99% in Q4 2021 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined in each of the last nine quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -28.68 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was Q4 2023, with a gain of 1.85 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2025, with a drop of 37.66 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior quarters was -92.42% (Q1 2026), -92.85% (Q4 2025) and -88.26% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli Lilly | 1,348.13 Bn | 1,321.74 Bn | 20.46 Bn | 35.41% |
| 2 | Johnson & Johnson | 675.90 Bn | 595.76 Bn | 17.30 Bn | 17.52% |
| 3 | AbbVie | 519.45 Bn | 487.50 Bn | 13.12 Bn | 21.60% |
| 4 | Merck | 364.95 Bn | 327.95 Bn | 13.19 Bn | 4.65% |
| 5 | Novartis Ag | 311.58 Bn | 285.16 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Astrazeneca | 289.34 Bn | 262.94 Bn | 13.26 Bn | 9.91% |
| 7 | Amgen | 251.64 Bn | 203.30 Bn | 7.58 Bn | 17.37% |
| 8 | Gilead Sciences | 212.05 Bn | 187.07 Bn | 6.73 Bn | -6.15% |
| 9 | Pfizer | 167.35 Bn | 115.00 Bn | 12.56 Bn | 11.32% |
| 10 | Caribou Biosciences | 44.30 Mn | -419.78 Mn | - | -95.53% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -95.53% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -85.58% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -92.42% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -92.85% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -88.26% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -76.74% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -61.71% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -55.88% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -50.60% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -39.44% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -33.53% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -27.86% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -28.81% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -38.54% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -34.98% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -29.71% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -25.24% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -21.81% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -18.16% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -15.99% |
API Access
Caribou Biosciences 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=CRBU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "CRBU", "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=CRBU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();