Edwards Lifesciences (EW) Return on Equity [ROE] (2010 - 2026)
Edwards Lifesciences (EW) reported Return on Equity [ROE] of 9.36% for Q3 2026, down 3.74 percentage points from 13.09% a year earlier and down 0.18 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Edwards Lifesciences (EW) Return on Equity [ROE] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Edwards Lifesciences posted Return on Equity [ROE] of 10.48%, down 39.21 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Equity [ROE] has a five-year change of -8.40 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 49.69% in FY2024 (+27.35 pp), 22.34% in FY2023 (-3.80 pp), 26.14% in FY2022 (-2.73 pp) and 28.88% in FY2021 (+10.00 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] in data going back to Q3 2010.
- Year over year, Return on Equity [ROE] has now declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -8.72 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Equity [ROE] in five years was Q3 2024 (a gain of 26.87 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2025 (a drop of 35.46 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 9.53% (Q2 2026), 10.58% (Q1 2026) and 10.41% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 267.71 Bn | 244.23 Bn | 5.13 Bn | 13.20% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 191.69 Bn | 165.56 Bn | 7.39 Bn | 9.09% |
| 3 | Danaher | 166.18 Bn | 145.83 Bn | 3.84 Bn | 8.15% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 161.07 Bn | 141.36 Bn | 2.08 Bn | 17.28% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 131.65 Bn | 96.90 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 10.44% |
| 6 | Stryker | 125.25 Bn | 111.44 Bn | 4.25 Bn | -4.01% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 63.85 Bn | 59.29 Bn | 3.43 Bn | 13.69% |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 60.52 Bn | 43.72 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 9.36% |
| 9 | Becton Dickinson | 59.08 Bn | 56.23 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 3.88% |
| 10 | Agilent Technologies | 50.79 Bn | 43.67 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 19.88% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 9.36% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 9.53% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 10.58% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.41% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 13.09% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 39.83% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 41.23% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 42.39% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 48.55% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 20.00% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 20.28% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 20.81% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 21.68% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 22.19% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 25.09% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 25.31% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 23.99% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 24.69% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 26.34% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 26.42% |
API Access
Edwards Lifesciences Return on Equity [ROE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=EW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "ticker": "EW", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=EW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();