Guardant Health (GH) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2026)
Guardant Health's (GH) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 26.76% in Q1 2026, up 1150.0% year-on-year from 2.14% in Q1 2025, and up 17.83% quarter-over-quarter from 32.57% in Q4 2025.
Guardant Health (GH) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Guardant Health has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 9 years of filings, most recently posting 26.76% for Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 26.76%, up 1150.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 26.76% (up 1150.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 30.22%, up 123.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed came in at 26.76% for Q1 2026 at Guardant Health, up from 32.57% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 22.0% in Q1 2022 to a low of 41.9% in Q2 2025.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 35.14% (2024), against an average of 34.34%.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 1891 bps in 2023 and soared 1150 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
- Guardant Health's Return on Capital Employed stood at 37.22% in 2022, then increased by 4 bps to 35.61% in 2023, then rose by 3 bps to 34.48% in 2024, then rose by 6 bps to 32.57% in 2025, then advanced by 18 bps to 26.76% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 26.76% (Q1 2026), 32.57% (Q4 2025), and 41.44% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waters | 29,902.70 Bn | 29,902.24 Bn | 1.11 Bn | 4.82% |
| 2 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 175.99 Bn | 172.74 Bn | 7.74 Bn | 8.12% |
| 3 | Danaher | 129.87 Bn | 124.18 Bn | 3.59 Bn | 6.26% |
| 4 | Idexx Laboratories | 44.75 Bn | 44.55 Bn | 722.74 Mn | 67.98% |
| 5 | Agilent Technologies | 37.52 Bn | 35.72 Bn | 990.00 Mn | 14.57% |
| 6 | Iqvia Holdings | 30.91 Bn | 28.94 Bn | 1.36 Bn | 10.24% |
| 7 | Natera | 30.21 Bn | 29.11 Bn | 696.04 Mn | -3.63% |
| 8 | Illumina | 24.19 Bn | 23.04 Bn | 721.00 Mn | 16.90% |
| 9 | Mettler Toledo International | 23.12 Bn | 23.06 Bn | 555.82 Mn | 45.73% |
| 10 | Guardant Health | 16.38 Bn | 15.28 Bn | 196.75 Mn | -26.76% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -26.76% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -32.57% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -41.44% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -41.90% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -38.26% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -34.48% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -37.42% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -35.14% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -34.77% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -35.61% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -32.25% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -36.91% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -40.92% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -37.22% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -30.98% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -25.17% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -22.00% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -20.34% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -18.73% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -16.69% |