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Stryker (SYK) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Stryker (SYK) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 0.09% as the latest value for Q2 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 4.0% to 0.09% in Q2 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Jun 2025 was 0.09%, a 4.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2024 number at 0.11%, down 2.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.09% for Q2 2025 at Stryker, down from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.13% in Q2 2024 to a low of 0.07% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.1% and a median of 0.1% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: decreased -4bps in 2021, then grew 3bps in 2023.
  • Stryker's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.09% in 2021, then rose by 9bps to 0.09% in 2022, then soared by 33bps to 0.13% in 2023, then fell by -18bps to 0.1% in 2024, then decreased by -10bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SYK's Return on Capital Employed are 0.09% (Q2 2025), 0.1% (Q1 2025), and 0.1% (Q4 2024).