Qiagen (QGEN) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2025)

Qiagen's (QGEN) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 7.89% in Q4 2025, up 591.0% year-on-year from 1.14% in Q4 2024, and down 15.26% quarter-over-quarter from 9.31% in Q3 2025.

Qiagen (QGEN) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Qiagen has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 7.89% for Q4 2025.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 came in at 7.89%, up 591.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 7.89% (up 591.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 8.51%, up 650.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 7.89% for Q4 2025 at Qiagen, down from 9.31% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 12.75% in Q2 2022 to a low of 1.59% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 7.21% (2023), against an average of 6.76%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed plunged 633 bps in 2024 and jumped 869 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Qiagen's Return on Capital Employed stood at 6.81% in 2021, then plunged by 42 bps to 3.93% in 2022, then soared by 112 bps to 8.31% in 2023, then slumped by 76 bps to 1.98% in 2024, then soared by 299 bps to 7.89% in 2025.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 7.89% (Q4 2025), 9.31% (Q3 2025), and 10.28% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Waters 30,529.42 Bn 30,528.96 Bn 1.11 Bn 4.82%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 183.75 Bn 180.50 Bn 7.74 Bn 8.12%
3 Danaher 133.13 Bn 127.43 Bn 3.59 Bn 6.26%
4 Idexx Laboratories 46.14 Bn 45.94 Bn 722.74 Mn 67.98%
5 Agilent Technologies 38.20 Bn 36.39 Bn 990.00 Mn 14.57%
6 Natera 31.50 Bn 30.40 Bn 696.04 Mn -3.63%
7 Iqvia Holdings 31.34 Bn 29.36 Bn 1.36 Bn 10.24%
8 Illumina 24.51 Bn 23.36 Bn 721.00 Mn 16.90%
9 Mettler Toledo International 23.53 Bn 23.47 Bn 555.82 Mn 45.73%
10 Qiagen 8.54 Bn 7.44 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 7.89%
Sep 30, 2025 9.31%
Jun 30, 2025 10.28%
Mar 31, 2025 2.57%
Dec 31, 2024 1.98%
Sep 30, 2024 1.86%
Jun 30, 2024 1.59%
Mar 31, 2024 8.27%
Dec 31, 2023 8.31%
Sep 30, 2023 7.21%
Jun 30, 2023 7.58%
Mar 31, 2023 3.12%
Dec 31, 2022 3.93%
Sep 30, 2022 12.40%
Jun 30, 2022 12.75%
Mar 31, 2022 6.89%
Dec 31, 2021 6.81%
Jun 30, 2021 9.86%
Mar 31, 2021 5.83%
Dec 31, 2020 4.74%