Sotera Health (SHC) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)
Sotera Health (SHC) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 13.13% for Q1 2026, up 204.0% year-over-year from 4.32% in Q1 2025, and down 0.58% quarter-over-quarter from 13.2% in Q4 2025.
Sotera Health (SHC) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Sotera Health's Return on Capital Employed history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 13.13% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 204.0% year-over-year to 13.13%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 13.13% (up 204.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 13.46%, up 323.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 13.13%, down from 13.2% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 13.2% in Q4 2025, with the low at 7.22% in Q2 2023.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 10.2% (2024), against an average of 10.43%.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed slumped 231 bps in 2023, then soared 351 bps in 2024.
- Sotera Health's Return on Capital Employed stood at 11.43% in 2022, then declined by 15 bps to 9.7% in 2023, then rose by 5 bps to 10.2% in 2024, then grew by 29 bps to 13.2% in 2025, then slipped by 1 bps to 13.13% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows SHC's Return on Capital Employed at 13.13% in Q1 2026, 13.2% in Q4 2025, and 12.56% in Q3 2025.
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| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 213.88 Bn | 209.81 Bn | 8.34 Bn | 8.30% |
| 2 | Danaher | 140.65 Bn | 136.30 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 6.42% |
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| 4 | Agilent Technologies | 39.85 Bn | 38.05 Bn | 990.00 Mn | 14.57% |
| 5 | Iqvia Holdings | 39.20 Bn | 37.12 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 10.49% |
| 6 | Natera | 38.80 Bn | 37.70 Bn | 696.04 Mn | -16.64% |
| 7 | Illumina | 30.11 Bn | 28.94 Bn | 770.00 Mn | 17.55% |
| 8 | Mettler Toledo International | 28.66 Bn | 28.61 Bn | 650.22 Mn | 49.80% |
| 9 | Quest Diagnostics | 26.24 Bn | 25.61 Bn | 1.03 Bn | 10.85% |
| 10 | Sotera Health | 5.12 Bn | 4.80 Bn | 147.07 Mn | 13.13% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 13.13% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 13.20% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12.56% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 11.60% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 11.08% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 10.20% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 10.82% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.73% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 10.08% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.70% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.16% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.22% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 8.56% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.43% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 9.48% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.54% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 9.89% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.86% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 9.11% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 8.41% |