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Stryker SYK Return on assets

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$6.0B+2.6%
Gross profit$3.8B+1.8%
Operating income$936.0M+11.8%
Net income$745.0M+13.9%
EPS (diluted)$1.93+14.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$2.9B+24.1%
Total debt$14.4B-15.1%
Total assets$46.3B+0.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$581.0M+132%
CapEx$166.0M+35.0%
Free cash flow$415.0M+227%

Valuation

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Market cap$115.45B-11.4%
Enterprise value$126.95B-12.4%
P/E34.6×-11.0×
P/S4.6×-1.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin63.8%-0.1pp
Operating margin19.7%+4.4pp
Net margin13.2%+0.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity32.8%
Debt / equity0.8×
Current ratio2.1×+0.5×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Stryker’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Stryker’s 10-Q, filed May 11, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Stryker's return on assets?
Stryker (SYK) reported return on assets of 7.2% in Q1 2026.
How has Stryker's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Stryker's return on assets increased by 8.0% year-over-year, from 6.7% to 7.2%.
What is the long-term trend for Stryker's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Stryker's return on assets has grown at a 5.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 22.4% to 27.1%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.