Illumina (ILMN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Illumina (ILMN) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 17.55% for Q2 2026, down 1014.0% year-over-year from 1.92% in Q2 2025, and up 3.83% on a QoQ basis from 16.9% in Q1 2026.

Illumina (ILMN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Illumina has reported Return on Capital Employed for 17 years, with the latest figure at 17.55% in Q2 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q2 2026 came in at 17.55%, down 1014.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 17.55% (down 1014.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 16.51%, up 2902.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed rose to 17.55% in Q2 2026, from 16.9% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 27.69% in Q2 2025 and troughed at 89.82% in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 21.35% and a median of 12.75% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The largest YoY upside for Return on Capital Employed was 7730 bps in 2023 against a maximum downside of 8497 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 43.03% in 2022, then jumped by 71 bps to 12.52% in 2023, then sank by 44 bps to 18.04% in 2024, then surged by 193 bps to 16.7% in 2025, then advanced by 5 bps to 17.55% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 17.55% in Q2 2026, 16.9% in Q1 2026, and 16.7% in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Thermo Fisher Scientific 213.96 Bn 209.90 Bn 8.34 Bn 8.30%
2 Danaher 140.29 Bn 135.94 Bn 3.61 Bn 6.42%
3 Idexx Laboratories 46.08 Bn 45.88 Bn 779.09 Mn 68.60%
4 Agilent Technologies 39.78 Bn 37.97 Bn 990.00 Mn 14.57%
5 Iqvia Holdings 39.43 Bn 37.35 Bn 1.44 Bn 10.49%
6 Natera 38.72 Bn 37.62 Bn 696.04 Mn -16.64%
7 Illumina 30.05 Bn 28.88 Bn 770.00 Mn 17.55%
8 Mettler Toledo International 28.63 Bn 28.58 Bn 650.22 Mn 49.80%
9 Quest Diagnostics 26.17 Bn 25.54 Bn 1.03 Bn 10.85%
10 Labcorp Holdings 25.89 Bn 24.91 Bn 1.01 Bn 8.94%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 28, 2026 17.55%
Mar 29, 2026 16.90%
Dec 28, 2025 16.70%
Sep 28, 2025 18.71%
Jun 29, 2025 27.69%
Mar 30, 2025 -11.60%
Dec 29, 2024 -18.04%
Sep 29, 2024 -23.09%
Jun 30, 2024 -45.55%
Mar 31, 2024 -12.99%
Dec 31, 2023 -12.52%
Oct 1, 2023 -51.99%
Jul 2, 2023 -82.45%
Apr 2, 2023 -84.83%
Jan 1, 2023 -89.82%
Oct 2, 2022 -43.03%
Jul 3, 2022 -6.03%
Apr 3, 2022 0.14%
Oct 3, 2021 -0.29%
Jul 4, 2021 8.61%