Veru Inc. VERU
NASDAQ VERU
$2.51 -0.03 (-1.18%)
At close: Oct 2, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Veru (VERU) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2018 - 2021)

Updated

Veru's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 0.08% in fiscal Q3 2021 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2021), up 10.88 percentage points from -10.80% a year earlier but down 1.73 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Veru (VERU) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2018 - 2021) Analysis & Trends

For FY2020 (ended Sep 30, 2020), Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] at Veru came in at -36.45%, down 20.66 percentage points from FY2019.

  • In earlier fiscal years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was -15.80% in FY2019.
  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has moved between -48.85% (fiscal Q4 2018) and 13.83% (fiscal Q1 2021) over five years.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased for three straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +14.19 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] over five years was fiscal Q4 2019 (a gain of 34.00 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q4 2020 (a drop of 18.43 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, VERU's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2021 was 1.81% (Q2 2021), 13.83% (Q1 2021) and -33.29% (Q4 2020).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Eli Lilly 1,076.25 Bn 1,044.84 Bn 19.71 Bn 37.16%
2 Johnson & Johnson 617.18 Bn 535.70 Bn 17.26 Bn 16.10%
3 AbbVie 464.58 Bn 437.73 Bn 12.70 Bn 18.68%
4 Merck 356.04 Bn 310.47 Bn 12.21 Bn 3.56%
5 Novartis Ag 269.07 Bn 224.94 Bn 11.24 Bn 21.95%
6 Astrazeneca 243.21 Bn 216.77 Bn 12.86 Bn 28.83%
7 Amgen 217.88 Bn 173.28 Bn 7.24 Bn 14.33%
8 Gilead Sciences 179.62 Bn 153.74 Bn 6.22 Bn -5.97%
9 Pfizer 158.45 Bn 105.40 Bn 10.94 Bn 13.44%
10 Veru 57.86 Mn -52.42 Mn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2021 0.08%
Mar 31, 2021 1.81%
Dec 31, 2020 13.83%
Sep 30, 2020 -33.29%
Jun 30, 2020 -10.80%
Mar 31, 2020 -12.94%
Dec 31, 2019 -17.68%
Sep 30, 2019 -14.86%
Jun 30, 2019 -20.36%
Mar 31, 2019 -27.33%
Dec 31, 2018 -34.52%
Sep 30, 2018 -48.85%
Jun 30, 2018 -34.33%
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