Growth Metrics

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2026)

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE) reported Return on Capital Employed of 51.52% for Q1 2026, down 549.0% year-over-year from 11.47% in Q1 2025, and up 5.9% on a QoQ basis from 54.75% in Q4 2025.

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE) has 13 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 51.52% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 549.0% year-over-year to 51.52% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 51.52% (down 549.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 47.2%, down 71.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed climbed to 51.52% in Q1 2026 per RARE's latest filing, from 54.75% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 32.02% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 60.99% in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 49.73% (2025), against an average of 49.52%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed plunged 2145 bps; it then soared 1667 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing RARE's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 49.13% in 2022, then fell by 7 bps to 52.48% in 2023, then advanced by 13 bps to 45.55% in 2024, then decreased by 20 bps to 54.75% in 2025, then rose by 6 bps to 51.52% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest RARE Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 51.52% (Q1 2026), 54.75% (Q4 2025), and 59.9% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

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1 Quantum Biopharma 961,148.99 Bn 961,148.98 Bn - 450.31%
2 Alterity Therapeutics 744,933.29 Bn 744,933.26 Bn - -
3 Legend Biotech 2,540.00 Bn 2,539.71 Bn 242.10 Mn 51.73%
4 Nanobiotix 2,199.85 Bn 2,199.78 Bn - -
5 Akari Therapeutics 1,635.88 Bn 1,635.88 Bn - -107.40%
6 Vertex Pharmaceuticals 111.32 Bn 104.07 Bn 2.59 Bn 21.10%
7 Evaxion A 62.56 Bn 62.54 Bn - -
8 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 62.55 Bn 53.79 Bn 3.31 Bn 10.19%
9 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 39.57 Bn 36.56 Bn 959.66 Mn 20.34%
10 Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical 2.29 Bn 1.89 Bn 106.00 Mn -51.52%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -51.52%
Dec 31, 2025 -54.75%
Sep 30, 2025 -59.90%
Jun 30, 2025 -49.73%
Mar 31, 2025 -46.03%
Dec 31, 2024 -45.55%
Sep 30, 2024 -41.41%
Jun 30, 2024 -46.11%
Mar 31, 2024 -50.30%
Dec 31, 2023 -52.48%
Sep 30, 2023 -58.07%
Jun 30, 2023 -60.99%
Mar 31, 2023 -53.47%
Dec 31, 2022 -49.13%
Sep 30, 2022 -48.77%
Jun 30, 2022 -41.59%
Mar 31, 2022 -32.02%
Dec 31, 2021 -28.87%
Sep 30, 2021 -27.54%
Jun 30, 2021 -23.51%
Mar 31, 2021 -20.37%
Dec 31, 2020 -24.93%
Mar 31, 2020 -45.13%
Dec 31, 2019 -46.90%
Sep 30, 2019 -50.66%
Jun 30, 2019 -43.12%
Mar 31, 2019 -46.95%
Dec 31, 2018 -55.63%
Sep 30, 2018 -52.56%
Jun 30, 2018 -49.88%
Mar 31, 2018 -59.60%
Dec 31, 2017 -83.94%
Sep 30, 2017 -75.28%
Jun 30, 2017 -62.03%
Mar 31, 2017 -53.79%
Dec 31, 2016 -53.03%
Sep 30, 2016 -52.13%
Jun 30, 2016 -44.10%
Mar 31, 2016 -35.13%
Dec 31, 2015 -26.72%
Sep 30, 2015 -24.23%
Jun 30, 2015 -25.87%
Mar 31, 2015 -25.87%
Dec 31, 2014 -29.58%
Sep 30, 2014 -28.10%
Jun 30, 2014 -26.01%
Mar 31, 2014 -32.80%