Growth Metrics

Steris (STE) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2025)

Steris has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 7 years, most recently at 10.45% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 102.0% year-over-year to 10.45%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 10.45%, up 102.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 9.04%, 69.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 10.45% at Steris, up from 10.22% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 13.08% in Q3 2023 and troughed at 1.9% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 7.4% and a median of 8.24% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: crashed -421bps in 2021 and later surged 1116bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 3.08% in 2021, then tumbled by -38bps to 1.9% in 2022, then soared by 588bps to 13.06% in 2023, then decreased by -28bps to 9.43% in 2024, then increased by 11bps to 10.45% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for STE at 10.45% in Q4 2025, 10.22% in Q3 2025, and 9.92% in Q2 2025.