Danaher (DHR) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Danaher's Return on Capital Employed history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 6.26% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 47.0% year-over-year to 6.26%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 6.26% (down 47.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 6.36%, down 19.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed was 6.26% for Q1 2026 at Danaher, roughly flat from 6.26% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 10.14% in Q4 2022 to a low of 6.0% in Q2 2025.
• Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 7.4% across 5 years, with a median of 6.73% in 2025.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed jumped 161 bps in 2022, then sank 346 bps in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 10.14% in 2022, then slumped by 34 bps to 6.68% in 2023, then gained by 1 bps to 6.73% in 2024, then retreated by 7 bps to 6.26% in 2025, then decreased by 0 bps to 6.26% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 6.26% (Q1 2026), 6.26% (Q4 2025), and 6.2% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.