Sotera Health (SHC) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)

Sotera Health (SHC) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 13.13% in Q1 2026, down 0.58% quarter-over-quarter from 13.2% in Q4 2025, and up 204.0% on a YoY basis from 4.32% in Q1 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 was 13.13% for Q1 2026 at Sotera Health, down from 13.2% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 13.2% in Q4 2025 to a low of 7.22% in Q2 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 10.43% across 5 years, with a median of 10.2% in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed tumbled 231 bps in 2023, then jumped 351 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 11.43% in 2022, then fell by 15 bps to 9.7% in 2023, then gained by 5 bps to 10.2% in 2024, then increased by 29 bps to 13.2% in 2025, then dropped by 1 bps to 13.13% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 13.13% (Q1 2026), 13.2% (Q4 2025), and 12.56% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Waters 29,902.70 Bn 29,902.24 Bn 1.11 Bn 4.82%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 175.99 Bn 172.74 Bn 7.74 Bn 8.12%
3 Danaher 129.87 Bn 124.18 Bn 3.59 Bn 6.26%
4 Idexx Laboratories 44.75 Bn 44.55 Bn 722.74 Mn 67.98%
5 Agilent Technologies 37.52 Bn 35.72 Bn 990.00 Mn 14.57%
6 Iqvia Holdings 30.91 Bn 28.94 Bn 1.36 Bn 10.24%
7 Natera 30.21 Bn 29.11 Bn 696.04 Mn -3.63%
8 Illumina 24.19 Bn 23.04 Bn 721.00 Mn 16.90%
9 Mettler Toledo International 23.12 Bn 23.06 Bn 555.82 Mn 45.73%
10 Sotera Health 4.51 Bn 4.20 Bn 147.07 Mn 13.13%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%