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

Stryker (SYK) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 0.15% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital rose 1.0% to 0.15% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.15%, a 1.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.06%, up 4.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.15% for Q4 2025 at Stryker, down from 0.26% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 5.65% in Q1 2024 to a low of 0.14% in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.52% and a median of 0.27% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: skyrocketed 535bps in 2024, then crashed -550bps in 2025.
  • Stryker's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.33% in 2021, then decreased by -26bps to 0.25% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 38bps to 0.34% in 2023, then tumbled by -58bps to 0.14% in 2024, then rose by 5bps to 0.15% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SYK's Return on Invested Capital are 0.15% (Q4 2025), 0.26% (Q3 2025), and 0.27% (Q2 2025).