AstraZeneca PLC (AZN): return on invested capital, 10 filed years
ROIC at AstraZeneca PLC was 15.3% in FY2025, the newest filed year. Across the 5 computed years from FY2019 it ranged from 8.7% (FY2019) to 15.3% (FY2025), with a median of 12.1%.
Tonight's figure on the company page: 15.3%, recomputed 2026-10-15. The table is each filed year on its own terms, with the formula below; the current figure may use trailing twelve months or, where the explainer says so, a different denominator.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | ROIC | Read from |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read. | n/a | 20-F, filed 2018-03-06 |
| FY2017 The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read. | n/a | 20-F, filed 2018-03-06 |
| FY2018 The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed. | n/a | 20-F, filed 2019-03-05 |
| FY2019 | 8.7% | 20-F, filed 2020-03-03 |
| FY2020 | 14.4% | 20-F, filed 2021-02-16 |
| FY2021 The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed. | n/a | 20-F, filed 2022-02-22 |
| FY2022 The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed. | n/a | 20-F, filed 2023-02-21 |
| FY2023 | 11.2% | 20-F, filed 2024-02-20 |
| FY2024 | 12.1% | 20-F, filed 2025-02-18 |
| FY2025 | 15.3% | 20-F, filed 2026-02-24 |
How each year is computed
Operating income x (1 - effective tax rate) / (equity + total debt - cash) x 100
Each year is a ratio of lines in that year's filed annual report, with the nightly recompute's own rules for what counts as a filed line. Nothing is estimated, smoothed or filled in: a year that cannot be computed says why.
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A computation on accounts filed with the SEC, not a recommendation and not advice. Past filings do not indicate future results. Risk disclaimer.