Stryker (SYK) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)
Stryker's Return on Assets [ROA] was -1.94% in Q2 2026, down 0.03 percentage points from -1.91% a year earlier and down 0.04 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Stryker (SYK) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Assets [ROA] at Stryker came in at -1.96%, up 0.17 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] shows a five-year change of -12.81 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Assets [ROA] was -2.12% in FY2024 (-0.09 pp), -2.03% in FY2023 (-0.22 pp), -1.82% in FY2022 (-14.52 pp) and 12.71% in FY2021 (+1.86 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q1 2025.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Assets [ROA] was higher in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.98 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] over five years was Q4 2023 (a gain of 1.65 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2024 (a drop of 10.15 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, SYK's Return on Assets [ROA] in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was -1.91% (Q1 2026), -1.87% (Q4 2025) and -1.87% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 259.20 Bn | 235.84 Bn | 5.13 Bn | 6.24% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 185.80 Bn | 160.26 Bn | 7.39 Bn | 4.32% |
| 3 | Danaher | 161.92 Bn | 141.57 Bn | 3.84 Bn | 4.67% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 155.43 Bn | 135.72 Bn | 2.08 Bn | 14.78% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 131.93 Bn | 97.45 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 9.46% |
| 6 | Stryker | 119.74 Bn | 105.93 Bn | 4.25 Bn | -2.00% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 64.30 Bn | 59.73 Bn | 3.43 Bn | 7.71% |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 61.65 Bn | 44.86 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 7.24% |
| 9 | Agilent Technologies | 48.79 Bn | 41.68 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 10.65% |
| 10 | GE HealthCare Technologies | 37.34 Bn | 25.57 Bn | 2.22 Bn | 5.84% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -2.00% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -1.94% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -1.90% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -1.87% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -1.87% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -1.91% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -1.99% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -2.03% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.12% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.49% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.82% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 8.12% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.85% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.30% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.13% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.47% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.82% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.76% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.69% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.80% |
API Access
Stryker Return on Assets [ROA] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=SYK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "SYK", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=SYK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();