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Edwards Lifesciences EW Return on invested capital

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20.6%+0.3pp
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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.6B+16.7%
Gross profit$1.3B+15.7%
Operating income$477.6M+21.0%
Net income$380.7M+6.3%
EPS (diluted)$0.66+8.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$2.4B-22.3%
Total debt$702.9M+0.5%
Total equity$10.3B+2.0%
Total assets$13.3B+2.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$43.8M-84.4%
CapEx$64.9M+15.9%
Free cash flow-$21.1M-109%

Valuation

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Market cap$49.91B+8.7%
Enterprise value$48.17B+11.0%
P/E45.5×+34.6×
P/S7.9×-0.4×

Profitability

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Gross margin77.9%-1.6pp
Operating margin21.4%-4.4pp
Net margin17.4%-58.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity10.7%-37.8pp
Debt / equity0.1×0.0×
Current ratio4.4×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Edwards Lifesciences’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Edwards Lifesciences’s 10-Q, filed May 6, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Edwards Lifesciences's return on invested capital?
Edwards Lifesciences (EW) reported return on invested capital of 13.7% in Q1 2026.
How has Edwards Lifesciences's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Edwards Lifesciences's return on invested capital decreased by 23.0% year-over-year, from 17.8% to 13.7%.
What is the long-term trend for Edwards Lifesciences's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Edwards Lifesciences's return on invested capital has grown at a -14.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 121.2% to 65.1%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.