Smith & Nephew SNN
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Smith & Nephew Plc (SNN) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2024)

Smith & Nephew's (SNN) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 12.16% in Q4 2024, up 4545.0% YoY from 0.26% in Q1 2024, and up 136.52% on a QoQ basis from 33.29% in Q4 2023.

Smith & Nephew Plc (SNN) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

Smith & Nephew (SNN) has 14 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 12.16% in Q4 2024.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 4545.0% year-over-year to 12.16% in Q4 2024, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2024 was 12.16% (up 4545.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 9.01%, down 896.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed grew to 12.16% in Q4 2024, from 33.29% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 38.89% in Q4 2020 to a low of 52.68% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 16.67% and a median of 33.29% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Return on Capital Employed plunged 8731 bps — and 2024, when it jumped 4545 bps.
  • Tracing SNN's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 38.89% in 2020, then plunged by 225 bps to 48.43% in 2021, then decreased by 9 bps to 52.68% in 2022, then soared by 37 bps to 33.29% in 2023, then surged by 137 bps to 12.16% in 2024.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 12.16% (Q4 2024), 33.29% (Q4 2023), and 52.68% (Q4 2022), per Business Quant data.

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2024 12.16%
Dec 31, 2023 -33.29%
Dec 31, 2022 -52.68%
Dec 31, 2021 -48.43%
Dec 31, 2020 38.89%
Dec 31, 2019 53.63%
Dec 31, 2018 65.68%
Dec 31, 2017 67.32%
Dec 31, 2016 22.33%
Dec 31, 2015 20.32%
Dec 31, 2014 15.14%
Mar 31, 2014 18.28%
Dec 31, 2013 19.22%
Mar 31, 2013 19.28%
Dec 31, 2012 34.65%
Jun 30, 2012 -18,994,113.88%
Mar 31, 2012 78.90%
Dec 31, 2009 14,304,852.91%
Sep 30, 2009 23,081,903.17%
Jun 30, 2009 -4,925,667.40%