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 0.1% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.1% for Q4 2025, up 1.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.1% (up 1.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.09%, up 1.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.1% at Steris, up from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for STE hit a ceiling of 0.13% in Q3 2023 and a floor of 0.02% in Q4 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.08% (2024), compared with a mean of 0.07%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: decreased -4bps in 2021 and later increased 11bps in 2023.
  • Steris' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.03% in 2021, then plummeted by -38bps to 0.02% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 588bps to 0.13% in 2023, then dropped by -28bps to 0.09% in 2024, then rose by 11bps to 0.1% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.1% (Q4 2025), 0.1% (Q3 2025), and 0.1% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.