Growth Metrics

Edwards Lifesciences (EW) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Edwards Lifesciences has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.11% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.11% for Q4 2025, down 1.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.11% (down 1.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.11%, down 3.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.11% at Edwards Lifesciences, down from 0.12% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for EW hit a ceiling of 0.25% in Q2 2021 and a floor of 0.11% in Q4 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.16% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.17%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed hit 10bps in 2021, while the deepest fall reached -8bps in 2021.
  • Edwards Lifesciences' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.23% in 2021, then fell by -13bps to 0.2% in 2022, then dropped by -17bps to 0.17% in 2023, then fell by -28bps to 0.12% in 2024, then decreased by -10bps to 0.11% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.11% (Q4 2025), 0.12% (Q3 2025), and 0.12% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.