Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.2% for Q4 2025.
- Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.2% for Q4 2025, up 21.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.2% (up 21.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.21%, up 22.0%.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.2% at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, down from 0.2% in the prior quarter.
- Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for VRTX hit a ceiling of 0.33% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 0.04% in Q1 2025.
- Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.22% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.19%.
- Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: fell -26bps in 2024 and later increased 22bps in 2025.
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.26% in 2021, then rose by 15bps to 0.29% in 2022, then plummeted by -30bps to 0.21% in 2023, then crashed by -106bps to 0.01% in 2024, then soared by 1677bps to 0.2% in 2025.
- The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.2% (Q4 2025), 0.2% (Q3 2025), and 0.2% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.