Growth Metrics

SANUWAVE Health (SNWV) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

SANUWAVE Health (SNWV) reported Return on Capital Employed of 17.02% for Q1 2026, up 4532.0% year-over-year from 0.37% in Q1 2025, and down 35.89% on a QoQ basis from 26.55% in Q4 2025.

SANUWAVE Health (SNWV) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 17.02% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 4532.0% year-over-year to 17.02% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 17.02% (up 4532.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 31.13%, up 5122.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed retreated to 17.02% in Q1 2026 per SNWV's latest filing, from 26.55% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 47.92% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 29.97% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 4.63% (2023), against an average of 4.65%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed sank 8970 bps; it then soared 5271 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing SNWV's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 21.89% in 2022, then plunged by 94 bps to 1.24% in 2023, then sank by 1693 bps to 19.79% in 2024, then surged by 234 bps to 26.55% in 2025, then plunged by 36 bps to 17.02% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest SNWV Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 17.02% (Q1 2026), 26.55% (Q4 2025), and 47.92% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Abbott Laboratories 152.82 Bn 146.17 Bn 6.27 Bn 9.61%
2 Stryker 115.07 Bn 112.19 Bn 3.81 Bn 12.24%
3 Medtronic 95.25 Bn 87.08 Bn 5.76 Bn 7.36%
4 Boston Scientific 71.38 Bn 70.17 Bn 3.61 Bn 9.62%
5 Edwards Lifesciences 51.08 Bn 47.41 Bn 1.29 Bn 11.13%
6 Koninklijke Philips 29.38 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 7.62%
7 Dexcom 28.84 Bn 27.72 Bn 750.30 Mn 24.24%
8 GE HealthCare Technologies 28.56 Bn 26.49 Bn 1.98 Bn 9.30%
9 Steris 20.71 Bn 20.30 Bn 697.10 Mn 11.57%
10 SANUWAVE Health 137.37 Mn 126.59 Mn 7.43 Mn 17.02%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 17.02%
Dec 31, 2025 26.55%
Sep 30, 2025 47.92%
Jun 30, 2025 -29.97%
Mar 31, 2025 -28.30%
Dec 31, 2024 -19.79%
Sep 30, 2024 -4.78%
Jun 30, 2024 -2.28%
Mar 31, 2024 -0.31%
Dec 31, 2023 1.24%
Sep 30, 2023 4.63%
Jun 30, 2023 8.20%
Mar 31, 2023 17.27%
Dec 31, 2022 21.89%
Sep 30, 2022 4.06%
Jun 30, 2022 6.55%
Mar 31, 2022 9.09%
Dec 31, 2021 15.30%
Sep 30, 2021 40.61%
Jun 30, 2021 60.97%
Mar 31, 2021 98.79%
Dec 31, 2020 145.50%
Sep 30, 2020 117.99%
Jun 30, 2020 91.25%
Mar 31, 2020 100.88%
Dec 31, 2019 88.81%
Sep 30, 2019 58.09%
Jun 30, 2019 48.52%
Mar 31, 2019 51.40%
Dec 31, 2018 46.22%
Sep 30, 2018 54.42%
Jun 30, 2018 35.00%
Mar 31, 2018 31.62%
Dec 31, 2017 37.36%
Dec 31, 2016 48.44%
Sep 30, 2016 756.43%
Jun 30, 2016 804.40%
Mar 31, 2016 72.40%
Dec 31, 2015 1,716.52%
Sep 30, 2015 -588.39%
Jun 30, 2015 -277.31%
Dec 31, 2014 642.46%
Sep 30, 2014 -2,024.16%
Jun 30, 2014 -96.25%
Mar 31, 2014 -190.81%
Dec 31, 2013 892.12%
Sep 30, 2013 856.91%
Jun 30, 2013 96.85%
Mar 31, 2013 87.98%
Dec 31, 2012 654.41%
Sep 30, 2012 -389.95%
Jun 30, 2012 -140.40%
Mar 31, 2012 -107.11%
Dec 31, 2011 -73.23%
Sep 30, 2011 -153.21%