Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 8.12% in Q1 2026, down 4.08% on a QoQ basis from 8.47% in Q4 2025, and down 57.0% year-over-year from 18.89% in Q1 2025.

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Thermo Fisher Scientific has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 8.12% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 57.0% year-over-year to 8.12% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.12% (down 57.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 8.74%, up 8.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed retreated to 8.12% in Q1 2026, from 8.47% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 11.97% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 8.12% in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 9.21% and a median of 8.58% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed tumbled 593 bps — and 2025, when it jumped 41 bps.
  • Tracing TMO's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 10.92% in 2022, then decreased by 25 bps to 8.18% in 2023, then rose by 5 bps to 8.58% in 2024, then decreased by 1 bps to 8.47% in 2025, then retreated by 4 bps to 8.12% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows TMO's Return on Capital Employed at 8.12% in Q1 2026, 8.47% in Q4 2025, and 8.61% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Waters 29,902.70 Bn 29,902.24 Bn 1.11 Bn 4.82%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 175.99 Bn 172.74 Bn 7.74 Bn 8.12%
3 Danaher 129.87 Bn 124.18 Bn 3.59 Bn 6.26%
4 Idexx Laboratories 44.75 Bn 44.55 Bn 722.74 Mn 67.98%
5 Agilent Technologies 37.52 Bn 35.72 Bn 990.00 Mn 14.57%
6 Iqvia Holdings 30.91 Bn 28.94 Bn 1.36 Bn 10.24%
7 Natera 30.21 Bn 29.11 Bn 696.04 Mn -3.63%
8 Illumina 24.19 Bn 23.04 Bn 721.00 Mn 16.90%
9 Mettler Toledo International 23.12 Bn 23.06 Bn 555.82 Mn 45.73%
10 Quest Diagnostics 21.68 Bn 21.59 Bn 942.00 Mn 11.27%

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 8.12%
Dec 31, 2025 8.47%
Sep 27, 2025 8.61%
Jun 28, 2025 8.47%
Mar 29, 2025 8.69%
Dec 31, 2024 8.58%
Sep 28, 2024 8.46%
Jun 29, 2024 8.67%
Mar 30, 2024 8.29%
Dec 31, 2023 8.18%
Sep 30, 2023 8.43%
Jul 1, 2023 8.36%
Apr 1, 2023 8.92%
Dec 31, 2022 10.92%
Oct 1, 2022 11.42%
Jul 2, 2022 11.95%
Apr 2, 2022 11.97%
Dec 31, 2021 14.14%
Oct 2, 2021 16.79%
Jul 3, 2021 17.88%