Gsk (GSK) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Gsk (GSK) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 9.49% in Q1 2026, little changed quarter-over-quarter from 9.46% in Q4 2025, and up 59.0% on a YoY basis from 5.97% in Q1 2025.

Gsk (GSK) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Gsk's Return on Capital Employed history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 9.49% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 59.0% year-over-year to 9.49%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 9.49% (up 59.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 9.82%, down 112.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 9.49% for Q1 2026 at Gsk, roughly flat from 9.46% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 26.36% in Q4 2023 to a low of 5.23% in Q2 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 11.68% across 5 years, with a median of 9.63% in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed soared 1429 bps in 2022, then tumbled 920 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 22.24% in 2022, then climbed by 19 bps to 26.36% in 2023, then tumbled by 35 bps to 17.15% in 2024, then plunged by 45 bps to 9.46% in 2025, then gained by 0 bps to 9.49% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 9.49% (Q1 2026), 9.46% (Q4 2025), and 11.86% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Gsk 92,316,836.42 Bn 92,316,831.46 Bn 7.76 Bn 9.49%
2 Eli Lilly 983.57 Bn 978.29 Bn 16.22 Bn 42.94%
3 Johnson & Johnson 553.56 Bn 531.50 Bn 15.96 Bn 28.18%
4 AbbVie 383.35 Bn 374.00 Bn 10.78 Bn 16.47%
5 Merck 281.71 Bn 276.06 Bn 12.09 Bn -5.22%
6 Amgen 182.20 Bn 170.16 Bn 5.87 Bn 15.87%
7 Gilead Sciences 153.71 Bn 145.98 Bn 5.52 Bn 21.53%
8 Pfizer 143.75 Bn 130.98 Bn -1.21 Bn -10.20%
9 Bristol Myers Squibb 109.71 Bn 99.25 Bn 8.07 Bn -6.84%
10 Novartis Ag 108.28 Bn 107.60 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 9.49%
Dec 31, 2025 9.46%
Sep 30, 2025 11.86%
Jun 30, 2025 9.30%
Mar 31, 2025 8.91%
Dec 31, 2024 17.15%
Sep 30, 2024 9.25%
Jun 30, 2024 11.74%
Mar 31, 2024 12.42%
Dec 31, 2023 26.36%
Sep 30, 2023 11.18%
Jun 30, 2023 10.52%
Mar 31, 2023 9.63%
Dec 31, 2022 22.24%
Sep 30, 2022 5.59%
Jun 30, 2022 5.23%
Mar 31, 2022 8.23%
Dec 31, 2021 7.95%
Sep 30, 2021 4.86%
Jun 30, 2021 8.00%