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Boston Scientific BSX Return on equity

Return on equity at other companies

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12.4%-18.4pp
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Johnson & JohnsonJNJ
26.4%-3.0pp
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Edwards LifesciencesEW
10.7%-37.8pp
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MedtronicMDT
9.8%+0.4pp
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11.3%+1.8pp
Intuitive Surgical logo
Intuitive SurgicalISRG
17.2%+1.3pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$5.2B+11.6%
Gross profit$3.6B+12.6%
Operating income$1.1B+19.5%
Net income$1.3B+99.3%
EPS (diluted)$0.90+100%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$850.0M+146%
Total equity$25.9B+16.4%
Total assets$44.4B+10.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$348.0M-35.7%
CapEx$177.0M-5.4%
Free cash flow$171.0M-51.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$66.81B-37.5%
P/E18.8×-34.0×
P/S3.2×-2.8×

Profitability

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Gross margin69.2%+0.5pp
Operating margin18.4%+2.2pp
Net margin17.3%+5.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity-0.5×
Current ratio1.9×+0.4×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Boston Scientific’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Boston Scientific’s 10-Q, filed May 1, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Boston Scientific's return on equity?
Boston Scientific (BSX) reported return on equity of 14.8% in Q1 2026.
How has Boston Scientific's return on equity changed year-over-year?
Boston Scientific's return on equity increased by 54.1% year-over-year, from 9.6% to 14.8%.
What is the long-term trend for Boston Scientific's return on equity?
Over 3 years (2022 to 2025), Boston Scientific's return on equity has grown at a 36.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 18.2% to 46.5%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.