Growth Metrics

Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2025)

Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 8 consecutive years, with 0.07% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 20.0% to 0.07% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.07% through Dec 2025, up 20.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.07% for FY2025, 19.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.07% in Q4 2025 for Elanco Animal Health, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.07% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.26% in Q2 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.14% across 5 years, with a median of 0.15% in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: dropped -13bps in 2024 and later increased 26bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.18% in 2021, then grew by 19bps to 0.15% in 2022, then plummeted by -62bps to 0.24% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 45bps to 0.13% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 151bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for ELAN at 0.07% in Q4 2025, 0.01% in Q3 2025, and 0.0% in Q2 2025.