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

Select Medical Holdings (SEM) reported Return on Capital Employed of 6.47% for Q1 2026, down 701.0% year-over-year from 1.08% in Q1 2025, and down 7.96% quarter-over-quarter from 7.03% in Q4 2025.

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

Select Medical Holdings (SEM) has 9 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 6.47% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 6.47%, down 701.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6.47% (down 701.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 7.08%, up 113.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed eased to 6.47% in Q1 2026 per SEM's latest filing, from 7.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 22.28% in Q2 2024 and troughed at 13.59% in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 7.31% and a median of 6.47% in 2026 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed sank 1771 bps in 2024, then soared 1973 bps in 2025.
  • 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 sank by 50 bps to 7.03% in 2025, then slipped by 8 bps to 6.47% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows SEM's Return on Capital Employed at 6.47% in Q1 2026, 7.03% in Q4 2025, and 6.14% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 83.85 Bn 86.23 Bn 16.26 Bn -18.08%
2 Tenet Healthcare 14.98 Bn 14.15 Bn 4.41 Bn 15.90%
3 Davita 13.99 Bn 14.84 Bn 1.07 Bn 14.27%
4 Encompass Health 9.72 Bn 10.34 Bn 1.34 Bn -2.33%
5 Ensign 8.90 Bn 8.31 Bn 293.37 Mn 9.57%
6 Universal Health Services 8.59 Bn 8.55 Bn 3.21 Bn 16.52%
7 Fresenius Medical Care AG 7.67 Bn 5.29 Bn -4.26 Bn 12.19%
8 Chemed 5.97 Bn 5.96 Bn 215.76 Mn 26.99%
9 Pacs 5.74 Bn 5.50 Bn 345.96 Mn 8.38%
10 Select Medical Holdings 2.00 Bn 1.99 Bn 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%