Orasure Technologies (OSUR) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2025)
Orasure Technologies (OSUR) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -16.32% for Q3 2025, down 13.60 percentage points from -2.73% a year earlier and down 3.07 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Orasure Technologies (OSUR) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2024, Orasure Technologies' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -6.31%, down 14.02 percentage points from FY2023.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of -12.52 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- In prior years, Orasure Technologies' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 7.71% in FY2023 (+13.49 pp), -5.78% in FY2022 (-3.17 pp), -2.61% in FY2021 (-1.15 pp) and -1.46% in FY2020 (-7.67 pp).
- The Q3 2025 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q2 2022.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined in each of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -7.75 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was Q2 2023, with a gain of 24.50 percentage points; the weakest was Q2 2022, with a drop of 22.27 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior quarters was -13.25% (Q2 2025), -8.78% (Q1 2025) and -6.44% (Q4 2024).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 248.10 Bn | 227.13 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 8.30% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 179.98 Bn | 150.41 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 7.98% |
| 3 | Danaher | 160.03 Bn | 143.83 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 6.42% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 159.32 Bn | 139.61 Bn | 2.08 Bn | 18.68% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 122.82 Bn | 88.07 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 8.34% |
| 6 | Stryker | 118.08 Bn | 104.20 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 13.69% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 66.94 Bn | 61.71 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 10.83% |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 54.67 Bn | 51.82 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 6.00% |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 51.75 Bn | 35.75 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 11.99% |
| 10 | Orasure Technologies | 300.78 Mn | -597.13 Mn | - | - |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | -16.32% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -13.25% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -8.78% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -6.44% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -2.73% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.13% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.28% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 7.58% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.46% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.14% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.62% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -6.00% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -12.85% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -16.36% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -9.36% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -2.60% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.75% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 5.91% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 3.24% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -1.30% |
API Access
Orasure Technologies Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] 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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=OSUR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "OSUR", "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=OSUR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();