Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026)
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) recorded Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 18.68% in Q3 2026, up 3.00 percentage points from 15.68% a year earlier and up 0.10 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Intuitive Surgical reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 16.74%, up 1.44 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for three straight years, with a five-year change of +5.67 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 15.31% in FY2024 (+1.23 pp), 14.08% in FY2023 (+0.76 pp), 13.32% in FY2022 (-2.92 pp) and 16.24% in FY2021 (+5.17 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q3 2018.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for eight consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.32 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the last five years was a gain of 4.48 percentage points in Q4 2021, against a drop of 1.90 percentage points in Q3 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 18.58% (Q2 2026), 17.54% (Q1 2026) and 16.46% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 250.13 Bn | 229.16 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 8.30% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 180.31 Bn | 150.74 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 7.98% |
| 3 | Danaher | 162.34 Bn | 146.15 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 6.42% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 158.13 Bn | 138.42 Bn | 2.08 Bn | 18.68% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 122.37 Bn | 87.63 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 8.34% |
| 6 | Stryker | 117.89 Bn | 104.00 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 13.69% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 67.15 Bn | 61.92 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 10.83% |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 54.68 Bn | 51.83 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 6.00% |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 51.43 Bn | 35.44 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 11.99% |
| 10 | Agilent Technologies | 48.84 Bn | 41.72 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 14.60% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 18.68% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 18.58% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 17.54% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 16.46% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 15.68% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 14.63% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 14.09% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 14.24% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 13.30% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 13.24% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 12.96% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 13.17% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 13.37% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 13.59% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 13.30% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 13.48% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 13.51% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 13.57% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 14.49% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 15.06% |
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Intuitive Surgical Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=ISRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "ISRG", "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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=ISRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();