Growth Metrics

Smith & Nephew (SNN) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2024)

Smith & Nephew filings provide 13 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 12.16% for Q4 2024.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 4542.0% to 12.16% in Q4 2024 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2024 was 12.16%, a 4542.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 9.01%, down 899.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 12.16% in Q4 2024 for Smith & Nephew, up from 33.26% 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 52.62% in Q4 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 33.26% (2023), compared with a mean of 16.63%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: tumbled -8720bps in 2021 and later soared 4542bps in 2024.
  • Smith & Nephew's Return on Capital Employed stood at 38.89% in 2020, then crashed by -224bps to 48.31% in 2021, then dropped by -9bps to 52.62% in 2022, then surged by 37bps to 33.26% in 2023, then soared by 137bps to 12.16% in 2024.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 12.16% (Q4 2024), 33.26% (Q4 2023), and 52.62% (Q4 2022) per Business Quant data.