Harvard Bioscience (HBIO) Return on Equity [ROE] (2011 - 2026)
Harvard Bioscience (HBIO) posted Return on Equity [ROE] of -119.27% for Q2 2026, up 255.82 percentage points from -375.10% a year earlier but down 36.94 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Harvard Bioscience (HBIO) Return on Equity [ROE] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Harvard Bioscience's Return on Equity [ROE] came in at -147.13%, down 128.94 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] shows a five-year change of -137.27 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Harvard Bioscience's Return on Equity [ROE] was -18.19% in FY2024 (-13.49 pp), -4.70% in FY2023 (+7.53 pp), -12.23% in FY2022 (-11.87 pp) and -0.36% in FY2021 (+9.50 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] has run from a low of -407.59% in Q4 2025 to a high of -0.36% in Q4 2021 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -116.61 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] in the past five years was Q2 2026, with a gain of 255.82 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2025, with a drop of 388.43 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity [ROE] for the three prior quarters was -82.33% (Q1 2026), -407.59% (Q4 2025) and -360.81% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 257.99 Bn | 237.02 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 13.36% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 175.01 Bn | 145.44 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 10.39% |
| 3 | Danaher | 164.93 Bn | 148.74 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 7.56% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 151.84 Bn | 131.26 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 17.60% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 119.05 Bn | 84.30 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 10.44% |
| 6 | Stryker | 113.89 Bn | 100.00 Bn | 4.50 Bn | -3.90% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 65.37 Bn | 60.13 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 14.31% |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 53.36 Bn | 50.51 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 3.88% |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 50.83 Bn | 34.83 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 9.53% |
| 10 | Harvard Bioscience | 38.15 Mn | 9.12 Mn | 12.63 Mn | -119.27% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -119.27% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -82.33% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -407.59% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -360.81% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -375.10% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -148.20% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -19.16% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -21.41% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -15.66% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -12.34% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -4.69% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -4.41% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -7.25% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -2.77% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -13.20% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -9.22% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -4.77% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -8.14% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -0.36% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -2.33% |
API Access
Harvard Bioscience 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=HBIO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "ticker": "HBIO", "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=HBIO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();