Cvs Health (CVS) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)
Cvs Health posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 4.42% for Q1 2026, up 148.0% year-on-year from 1.78% in Q1 2025, and up 127.75% on a QoQ basis from 1.94% in Q4 2025.
Cvs Health (CVS) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 4.42% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 148.0% year-over-year to 4.42%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 4.42% (up 148.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.36%, up 7.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 4.42%, up from 1.94% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 5.51% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 1.87% in Q1 2022.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 3.72% (2024), against an average of 3.54%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed slumped 1275 bps; it then soared 319 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 2.85% in 2022, then jumped by 51 bps to 4.3% in 2023, then decreased by 8 bps to 3.94% in 2024, then plunged by 51 bps to 1.94% in 2025, then jumped by 128 bps to 4.42% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 4.42% (Q1 2026), 1.94% (Q4 2025), and 2.61% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unitedhealth | 345.31 Bn | 315.51 Bn | 98.90 Bn | 9.56% |
| 2 | Cvs Health | 115.41 Bn | 103.79 Bn | 4.43 Bn | 4.42% |
| 3 | Elevance Health | 88.60 Bn | 53.18 Bn | 13.88 Bn | 3.02% |
| 4 | Cigna | 72.05 Bn | 64.43 Bn | -44.29 Bn | 2.93% |
| 5 | Humana | 39.05 Bn | 17.15 Bn | 4.00 Bn | 7.99% |
| 6 | Centene | 30.50 Bn | 6.84 Bn | 49.24 Bn | -18.75% |
| 7 | Molina Healthcare | 9.31 Bn | 60.65 Mn | 1.53 Bn | 13.51% |
| 8 | Oscar Health | 6.86 Bn | 63.05 Mn | -3.22 Bn | -24.87% |
| 9 | Alignment Healthcare | 2.69 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 135.85 Mn | 8.12% |
| 10 | Progyny | 2.12 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 83.07 Mn | 19.91% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.42% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.94% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.61% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.58% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.94% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.94% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.51% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.28% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.72% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.30% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.53% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.09% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.95% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.85% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.06% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.55% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.87% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.89% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 10.38% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 11.97% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 14.62% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 12.63% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 6.46% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 6.38% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 5.66% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 7.14% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 5.85% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 5.54% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 2.99% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 3.35% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 6.13% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 6.08% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 11.47% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 15.06% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 14.68% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 14.82% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 15.06% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 15.23% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 15.13% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 14.52% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 13.98% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 13.66% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 14.57% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 16.62% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 16.39% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 16.04% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 15.85% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 15.34% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 14.95% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 14.82% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 15.63% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 14.54% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 14.18% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 14.04% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 13.23% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 12.61% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 12.35% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 11.92% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 11.57% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 11.50% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 11.83% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 12.06% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 12.56% |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 12.73% |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 13.16% |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 13.02% |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 12.87% |