Labcorp Holdings (LH) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026)
Labcorp Holdings (LH) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.04% for Q1 2026, down 75.01% sequentially from 0.15% in Q4 2025, and down 7.0% YoY from 0.04% in Q1 2025.
Labcorp Holdings (LH) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Labcorp Holdings has reported Return on Invested Capital for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.04% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 7.0% year-over-year to 0.04% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.04% (down 7.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.15%, up 5.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Invested Capital fell to 0.04% in Q1 2026 per LH's latest filing, from 0.15% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.15% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 0.01% in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of 0.08% and a median of 0.08% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Invested Capital climbed 12 bps in 2022, then declined 8 bps in 2023.
- Over 5 years, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.13% in 2022, then plunged by 58 bps to 0.06% in 2023, then jumped by 84 bps to 0.1% in 2024, then soared by 45 bps to 0.15% in 2025, then slumped by 75 bps to 0.04% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods registered 0.04%, 0.15%, and 0.13% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 214.22 Bn | 210.16 Bn | 8.34 Bn | 0.01% |
| 2 | Danaher | 140.38 Bn | 136.03 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 0.02% |
| 3 | Idexx Laboratories | 46.15 Bn | 45.95 Bn | 779.09 Mn | 0.01% |
| 4 | Agilent Technologies | 39.80 Bn | 37.99 Bn | 990.00 Mn | 0.02% |
| 5 | Iqvia Holdings | 39.51 Bn | 37.43 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 0.00% |
| 6 | Natera | 38.83 Bn | 37.73 Bn | 696.04 Mn | -0.01% |
| 7 | Illumina | 30.02 Bn | 28.85 Bn | 770.00 Mn | - |
| 8 | Mettler Toledo International | 28.64 Bn | 28.59 Bn | 650.22 Mn | 0.04% |
| 9 | Quest Diagnostics | 26.17 Bn | 25.54 Bn | 1.03 Bn | 0.01% |
| 10 | Labcorp Holdings | 25.90 Bn | 24.92 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 0.04% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.04% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.15% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.13% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.12% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.11% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.10% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.06% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.06% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.06% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.06% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.08% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.09% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.11% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.13% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.03% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.01% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.01% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.01% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.02% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.03% |