Zentalis Pharmaceuticals (ZNTL) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026)
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -78.02% in Q2 2026, down 22.39 percentage points from -55.64% a year earlier and down 16.51 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Zentalis Pharmaceuticals (ZNTL) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at Zentalis Pharmaceuticals came in at -47.30%, down 3.67 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +12.72 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -43.62% in FY2024 (+19.28 pp), -62.90% in FY2023 (-11.28 pp), -51.63% in FY2022 (+7.52 pp) and -59.15% in FY2021 (+0.87 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to Q1 2020.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for six straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -4.80 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years was Q3 2022 (a gain of 19.92 percentage points); the worst was Q3 2021 (a drop of 34.15 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, ZNTL's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was -61.51% (Q1 2026), -56.27% (Q4 2025) and -54.67% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli Lilly | 1,348.13 Bn | 1,321.74 Bn | 20.46 Bn | 35.41% |
| 2 | Johnson & Johnson | 675.90 Bn | 595.76 Bn | 17.30 Bn | 17.52% |
| 3 | AbbVie | 519.45 Bn | 487.50 Bn | 13.12 Bn | 21.60% |
| 4 | Merck | 364.95 Bn | 327.95 Bn | 13.19 Bn | 4.65% |
| 5 | Novartis Ag | 311.58 Bn | 285.16 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Astrazeneca | 289.34 Bn | 262.94 Bn | 13.26 Bn | 9.91% |
| 7 | Amgen | 251.64 Bn | 203.30 Bn | 7.58 Bn | 17.37% |
| 8 | Gilead Sciences | 212.05 Bn | 187.07 Bn | 6.73 Bn | -6.15% |
| 9 | Pfizer | 167.35 Bn | 115.00 Bn | 12.56 Bn | 11.32% |
| 10 | Zentalis Pharmaceuticals | 176.87 Mn | -684.28 Mn | - | -71.67% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -71.67% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -78.02% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -61.51% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -56.27% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -54.67% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -55.64% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -59.27% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -49.31% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -50.27% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -48.17% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -51.89% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -59.98% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -52.02% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -54.57% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -51.17% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -47.59% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -45.25% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -53.04% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -57.96% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -54.02% |
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Zentalis Pharmaceuticals Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "ZNTL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=ZNTL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();