Stryker (SYK) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Stryker (SYK) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 12.24% in Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 12.24%, up 252.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 12.24% (up 252.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 13.0%, up 209.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed fell to 12.24% in Q1 2026 per SYK's latest filing, from 12.33% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 13.02% in Q2 2024 and troughed at 8.24% in Q2 2022.
• A 5-year average of 10.69% and a median of 10.31% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed soared 309 bps in 2023, then slumped 372 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 9.43% in 2022, then jumped by 33 bps to 12.52% in 2023, then declined by 18 bps to 10.31% in 2024, then advanced by 20 bps to 12.33% in 2025, then declined by 1 bps to 12.24% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows SYK's Return on Capital Employed at 12.24% in Q1 2026, 12.33% in Q4 2025, and 9.33% in Q3 2025.