Vericel (VCEL) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Vericel's (VCEL) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 3.59% in Q1 2026, up 431.0% year-on-year from 0.68% in Q1 2025, and up 36.91% quarter-over-quarter from 2.62% in Q4 2025.

Vericel (VCEL) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Vericel has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 3.59% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 3.59%, up 431.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.59% (up 431.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 2.69%, up 137.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 3.59% for Q1 2026 at Vericel, up from 2.62% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 3.59% in Q1 2026 to a low of 8.66% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 1.18% (2024), against an average of 2.57%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed sank 1244 bps in 2022 and soared 630 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Vericel's Return on Capital Employed stood at 7.65% in 2022, then soared by 71 bps to 2.23% in 2023, then jumped by 156 bps to 1.25% in 2024, then jumped by 109 bps to 2.62% in 2025, then jumped by 37 bps to 3.59% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 3.59% (Q1 2026), 2.62% (Q4 2025), and 1.78% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Alterity Therapeutics 925,601.88 Bn 925,601.85 Bn - -
2 Belite Bio 58,560.00 Bn 58,560.00 Bn - -
3 Quantum Biopharma 17,284.41 Bn 17,284.40 Bn - 450.31%
4 Legend Biotech 2,809.00 Bn 2,808.71 Bn 242.10 Mn 51.73%
5 Evaxion A 1,334.43 Bn 1,334.42 Bn - -
6 Akari Therapeutics 1,312.27 Bn 1,312.26 Bn - -107.40%
7 Psyence Biomedical 212.16 Bn 212.16 Bn - -
8 Vertex Pharmaceuticals 114.83 Bn 107.58 Bn 2.59 Bn 21.10%
9 Abivax 91.96 Bn 91.96 Bn - -50.43%
10 Vericel 2.04 Bn 1.90 Bn 49.27 Mn 3.59%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 3.59%
Dec 31, 2025 2.62%
Sep 30, 2025 1.78%
Jun 30, 2025 0.31%
Mar 31, 2025 -0.72%
Dec 31, 2024 1.25%
Sep 30, 2024 -0.36%
Jun 30, 2024 -1.18%
Mar 31, 2024 -1.18%
Dec 31, 2023 -2.23%
Sep 30, 2023 -4.71%
Jun 30, 2023 -5.88%
Mar 31, 2023 -7.47%
Dec 31, 2022 -7.65%
Sep 30, 2022 -8.66%
Jun 30, 2022 -7.90%
Mar 31, 2022 -5.37%
Dec 31, 2021 -3.78%
Sep 30, 2021 0.14%
Jun 30, 2021 4.55%