Growth Metrics

Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on record, last reported at 0.13% in Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 10.0% year-over-year to 0.13%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.13%, down 10.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.18%, 15.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.13% in Q3 2025 per IONS's latest filing, up from 0.13% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.01% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.22% in Q3 2023.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.09%, with a median of 0.04% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: dropped -23bps in 2023, then increased 18bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.01% in 2021, then tumbled by -1326bps to 0.19% in 2022, then soared by 85bps to 0.03% in 2023, then tumbled by -523bps to 0.17% in 2024, then grew by 24bps to 0.13% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Capital Employed were 0.13% in Q3 2025, 0.13% in Q2 2025, and 0.18% in Q1 2025.