Growth Metrics

Pennant (PNTG) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026)

Pennant posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 6.78% for Q1 2026, up 1.0% year-on-year from 6.71% in Q1 2025, and down 6.73% on a QoQ basis from 7.27% in Q4 2025.

Pennant (PNTG) has 8 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 6.78% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 1.0% year-over-year to 6.78%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 6.78% (up 1.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 7.67%, up 16.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 6.78%, down from 7.27% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 7.27% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.3% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 6.08% (2024), against an average of 5.0%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed slumped 341 bps; it then soared 573 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 2.91% in 2022, then soared by 89 bps to 5.49% in 2023, then gained by 24 bps to 6.79% in 2024, then increased by 7 bps to 7.27% in 2025, then slipped by 7 bps to 6.78% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 6.78% (Q1 2026), 7.27% (Q4 2025), and 6.79% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 84.64 Bn 87.02 Bn 16.26 Bn -18.08%
2 Tenet Healthcare 15.22 Bn 14.39 Bn 4.41 Bn 15.90%
3 Davita 13.10 Bn 13.96 Bn 1.07 Bn 14.27%
4 Encompass Health 10.50 Bn 11.12 Bn 1.34 Bn -2.33%
5 Ensign 9.69 Bn 9.09 Bn 293.37 Mn 9.57%
6 Universal Health Services 8.92 Bn 8.88 Bn 3.21 Bn 16.52%
7 Fresenius Medical Care AG 7.31 Bn 4.93 Bn 22,843.10 Bn 12.19%
8 Chemed 5.83 Bn 5.81 Bn 215.76 Mn 26.99%
9 Pacs 5.76 Bn 5.51 Bn 345.96 Mn 8.38%
10 Pennant 1.19 Bn 1.23 Bn 52.70 Mn 6.78%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 6.78%
Dec 31, 2025 7.27%
Sep 30, 2025 6.79%
Jun 30, 2025 6.88%
Mar 31, 2025 6.77%
Dec 31, 2024 6.79%
Sep 30, 2024 6.83%
Jun 30, 2024 6.46%
Mar 31, 2024 6.08%
Dec 31, 2023 5.49%
Sep 30, 2023 5.34%
Jun 30, 2023 5.43%
Mar 31, 2023 3.31%
Dec 31, 2022 2.91%
Sep 30, 2022 0.97%
Jun 30, 2022 -0.30%
Mar 31, 2022 1.20%
Dec 31, 2021 1.02%
Sep 30, 2021 2.42%
Jun 30, 2021 3.11%
Mar 31, 2021 3.83%
Dec 31, 2020 4.68%
Sep 30, 2020 3.43%
Jun 30, 2020 2.84%
Mar 31, 2020 2.01%
Dec 31, 2019 1.60%