Growth Metrics

Staar Surgical (STAA) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Staar Surgical posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 6.75% for Q2 2026, up 699.0% year-on-year from 0.84% in Q2 2025, and up 71.65% on a QoQ basis from 23.79% in Q1 2026.

Staar Surgical (STAA) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 6.75% in Q2 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 699.0% year-over-year to 6.75%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 stood at 6.75% (up 699.0% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was 22.26%, down 2181.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q2 2026 stood at 6.75%, up from 23.79% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 12.34% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 25.46% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 5.38% (2024), against an average of 1.14%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed jumped 1004 bps; it then slumped 3149 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 12.34% in 2022, then slumped by 45 bps to 6.77% in 2023, then plunged by 106 bps to 0.42% in 2024, then tumbled by 5225 bps to 22.33% in 2025, then soared by 70 bps to 6.75% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 6.75% (Q2 2026), 23.79% (Q1 2026), and 22.33% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Intuitive Surgical 156.17 Bn 151.78 Bn 1.83 Bn 17.54%
2 Becton Dickinson 41.51 Bn 40.49 Bn 2.15 Bn 5.02%
3 Resmed 30.43 Bn 28.77 Bn 890.98 Mn 25.95%
4 West Pharmaceutical Services 22.78 Bn 22.26 Bn 296.40 Mn 18.63%
5 Solventum 13.39 Bn 13.39 Bn 1.10 Bn 19.44%
6 Cooper Companies 12.33 Bn 12.20 Bn 695.20 Mn 6.60%
7 Align Technology 11.65 Bn 10.59 Bn 736.59 Mn 12.74%
8 Baxter International 9.81 Bn 7.77 Bn 891.00 Mn 13.02%
9 Aptargroup 7.39 Bn 7.19 Bn 351.91 Mn 12.04%
10 Staar Surgical 1.64 Bn 1.47 Bn 68.86 Mn -6.75%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 3, 2026 -6.75%
Jan 2, 2026 -23.79%
Sep 26, 2025 -22.33%
Jun 27, 2025 -25.46%
Mar 28, 2025 -13.74%
Dec 27, 2024 -0.42%
Sep 27, 2024 5.60%
Jun 28, 2024 6.03%
Mar 29, 2024 5.38%
Dec 29, 2023 6.77%
Sep 29, 2023 4.67%
Jun 30, 2023 6.94%
Mar 31, 2023 9.28%
Dec 30, 2022 12.34%
Sep 30, 2022 6.90%
Jul 1, 2022 5.55%
Apr 1, 2022 3.65%
Dec 31, 2021 2.30%
Oct 1, 2021 6.92%
Jul 2, 2021 6.39%
Apr 2, 2021 1.56%
Jan 1, 2021 -2.48%
Oct 2, 2020 16.37%
Jul 3, 2020 16.57%
Apr 3, 2020 20.10%
Jan 3, 2020 23.14%
Sep 27, 2019 3.45%
Jun 28, 2019 2.45%
Mar 29, 2019 1.50%
Dec 28, 2018 1.01%
Sep 28, 2018 7.34%
Jun 29, 2018 11.62%
Mar 30, 2018 4.45%
Dec 29, 2017 -1.50%
Sep 29, 2017 17.24%
Jun 30, 2017 10.01%
Mar 31, 2017 8.56%
Dec 30, 2016 -9.43%
Sep 30, 2016 -33.57%
Jul 1, 2016 -35.34%
Apr 1, 2016 -33.48%
Jan 1, 2016 -14.20%
Oct 2, 2015 9.33%
Jul 3, 2015 10.57%
Apr 3, 2015 11.56%
Jan 2, 2015 11.51%
Oct 3, 2014 -11.89%
Jul 4, 2014 -8.08%
Apr 4, 2014 -3.85%
Jan 3, 2014 1.65%
Sep 27, 2013 1.74%
Jun 28, 2013 1.16%
Mar 29, 2013 -1.08%
Dec 28, 2012 -3.45%
Sep 28, 2012 1.88%
Jun 29, 2012 4.23%
Mar 30, 2012 7.88%
Dec 30, 2011 8.32%
Sep 30, 2011 4.54%