Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2018 - 2026)
Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 5.52% for Q2 2026, up 5.73 percentage points from -0.21% a year earlier and up 0.28 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Elanco Animal Health posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 4.90%, up 17.35 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of +25.71 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -12.45% in FY2024 (+10.40 pp), -22.84% in FY2023 (-8.94 pp), -13.90% in FY2022 (+3.61 pp) and -17.51% in FY2021 (+3.30 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to Q4 2018.
- Year over year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has now increased in each of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +14.08 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in five years was Q2 2025 (a gain of 25.80 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2024 (a drop of 12.55 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 5.24% (Q1 2026), 4.71% (Q4 2025) and 0.41% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli Lilly | 1,076.25 Bn | 1,044.84 Bn | 19.71 Bn | 46.74% |
| 2 | Johnson & Johnson | 617.18 Bn | 535.70 Bn | 17.26 Bn | 17.83% |
| 3 | AbbVie | 464.58 Bn | 437.73 Bn | 12.70 Bn | 17.92% |
| 4 | Merck | 356.04 Bn | 310.47 Bn | 12.21 Bn | 6.28% |
| 5 | Novartis Ag | 269.07 Bn | 224.94 Bn | 11.24 Bn | 19.32% |
| 6 | Astrazeneca | 243.21 Bn | 216.77 Bn | 12.86 Bn | 9.54% |
| 7 | Amgen | 217.88 Bn | 173.28 Bn | 7.24 Bn | 16.66% |
| 8 | Gilead Sciences | 179.62 Bn | 153.74 Bn | 6.22 Bn | -5.97% |
| 9 | Pfizer | 158.45 Bn | 105.40 Bn | 10.94 Bn | 11.86% |
| 10 | Elanco Animal Health | 11.06 Bn | 9.05 Bn | 798.00 Mn | 5.52% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.52% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.24% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.71% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.41% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -0.21% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -6.71% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -13.02% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -13.16% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -26.01% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -25.03% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -23.84% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -21.88% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -13.46% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -13.78% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -14.68% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -15.25% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -15.07% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -16.53% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -18.15% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -19.44% |
API Access
Elanco Animal Health 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=ELAN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "ELAN", "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=ELAN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();