Select Medical Holdings (SEM) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2026)

Select Medical Holdings (SEM) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 6.47% for Q1 2026, down 701.0% YoY from 1.08% in Q1 2025, and down 7.96% sequentially from 7.03% in Q4 2025.

Select Medical Holdings (SEM) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Select Medical Holdings has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 9 years of filings, most recently posting 6.47% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 701.0% year-over-year to 6.47%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 6.47% (down 701.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 7.08%, up 113.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed fell to 6.47% in Q1 2026, from 7.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for SEM reached as high as 22.28% in Q2 2024 and fell as low as 13.59% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 6.47% (2026), against an average of 7.31%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Capital Employed tumbled 1771 bps — and 2025, when it soared 1973 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 4.49% in 2022, then climbed by 13 bps to 5.07% in 2023, then surged by 178 bps to 14.06% in 2024, then tumbled by 50 bps to 7.03% in 2025, then slipped by 8 bps to 6.47% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 6.47%, 7.03%, and 6.14% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 87.94 Bn 90.32 Bn 16.26 Bn -18.08%
2 Chemed 18.08 Bn 18.07 Bn 215.76 Mn 26.99%
3 Tenet Healthcare 16.59 Bn 15.76 Bn 4.41 Bn 15.90%
4 Davita 15.37 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.07 Bn 14.27%
5 Encompass Health 10.07 Bn 10.70 Bn 1.34 Bn -2.33%
6 Ensign 9.52 Bn 8.93 Bn 293.37 Mn 9.57%
7 Universal Health Services 9.19 Bn 9.15 Bn 3.21 Bn 16.52%
8 Pacs 6.96 Bn 6.72 Bn 345.96 Mn 8.38%
9 Ww International 6.14 Bn 5.98 Bn -149.29 Mn -0.28%
10 Select Medical Holdings 2.05 Mn -2.67 Mn 175.47 Mn 6.47%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 6.47%
Dec 31, 2025 7.03%
Sep 30, 2025 6.14%
Jun 30, 2025 13.62%
Mar 31, 2025 13.48%
Dec 31, 2024 14.06%
Sep 30, 2024 -13.59%
Jun 30, 2024 22.28%
Mar 31, 2024 8.37%
Dec 31, 2023 5.07%
Sep 30, 2023 4.12%
Jun 30, 2023 3.54%
Mar 31, 2023 5.89%
Dec 31, 2022 4.49%
Sep 30, 2022 6.20%
Jun 30, 2022 7.18%
Mar 31, 2022 9.84%
Dec 31, 2021 11.23%
Sep 30, 2021 12.11%
Jun 30, 2021 12.34%