Growth Metrics

Harvard Bioscience (HBIO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Harvard Bioscience (HBIO) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 1.89% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 181.0% to 1.89% in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was 1.89%, a 181.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2024 number at 0.03%, down 3.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 1.89% for Q3 2025 at Harvard Bioscience, up from 1.96% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.05% in Q1 2023 to a low of 1.96% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.27% and a median of 0.02% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: increased 11bps in 2023, then tumbled -190bps in 2025.
  • Harvard Bioscience's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.0% in 2021, then crashed by -7077bps to 0.02% in 2022, then surged by 69bps to 0.0% in 2023, then tumbled by -591bps to 0.03% in 2024, then plummeted by -5599bps to 1.89% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HBIO's Return on Capital Employed are 1.89% (Q3 2025), 1.96% (Q2 2025), and 1.05% (Q1 2025).