Staar Surgical STAA
NASDAQ STAA
$23.07 -1.59 (-6.45%)
At close: Aug 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

Staar Surgical's (STAA) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 6.75% in Q2 2026, up 3509.0% YoY from 0.19% in Q2 2025, and up 71.65% on a QoQ basis from 23.79% in Q1 2026.

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

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

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 3509.0% year-over-year to 6.75% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 6.75% (up 3509.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 57.72%, down 7644.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed grew to 6.75% in Q2 2026, from 23.79% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 29.94% in Q4 2022 to a low of 41.84% in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 1.65% and a median of 6.03% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2025 — Return on Capital Employed plunged 5428 bps — and 2026, when it soared 3509 bps.
  • Tracing STAA's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 29.94% in 2022, then slumped by 45 bps to 16.33% in 2023, then sank by 139 bps to 6.3% in 2024, then plunged by 298 bps to 25.11% in 2025, then surged by 73 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 25.11% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Intuitive Surgical 132.71 Bn 127.50 Bn 1.96 Bn 18.58%
2 Becton Dickinson 51.57 Bn 50.71 Bn 2.32 Bn 6.00%
3 Alcon 35.52 Bn 34.17 Bn 1.68 Bn 28.11%
4 Resmed 33.28 Bn 31.81 Bn 861.22 Mn 25.22%
5 Medline 27.86 Bn 25.18 Bn 2.22 Bn 5.57%
6 West Pharmaceutical Services 25.15 Bn 24.71 Bn 329.20 Mn 19.71%
7 Solventum 15.31 Bn 14.91 Bn 1.29 Bn 19.76%
8 Cooper Companies 14.86 Bn 14.72 Bn 735.40 Mn 4.68%
9 Baxter International 13.63 Bn 11.48 Bn 1.03 Bn 3.28%
10 Staar Surgical 1.16 Bn 979.42 Mn 69.73 Mn 3.52%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jul 3, 2026 3.52%
Apr 3, 2026 -6.75%
Jan 2, 2026 -23.79%
Sep 26, 2025 -25.11%
Jun 27, 2025 -28.22%
Mar 28, 2025 -41.84%
Dec 27, 2024 -6.30%
Sep 27, 2024 5.60%
Jun 28, 2024 6.03%
Mar 29, 2024 12.44%
Dec 29, 2023 16.33%
Sep 29, 2023 4.67%
Jun 30, 2023 6.94%
Mar 31, 2023 21.15%
Dec 30, 2022 29.94%
Sep 30, 2022 14.77%
Jul 1, 2022 13.99%
Apr 1, 2022 28.12%
Dec 31, 2021 29.20%
Oct 1, 2021 8.84%