Chemed Corporation

CHE Healthcare Medical Care Facilities

Chemed Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.5 billion, up 4.06% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+10.6%
EPS
+23.1%
Free cash flow
−45.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

533.55 15.09 −2.75%
Market cap
$7.0B
P/E
25.5×
Fwd P/E
24.0×
Dividend yield
0.47%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
11.69
Beneish M
−2.76
Dividend safety
100/100

Chemed Corporation (CHE) Return on invested capital

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Chemed Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 22.1%, down 1.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (23.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.2% (fiscal 2017) to 27.9% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Medical Care Facilities industry median of 5.47% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 23.4% (0.99)
FY2024 24.4% (0.87)
FY2023 25.2% (0.89)
FY2022 26.1% 0.13
FY2021 26.0% (1.90)
FY2020 27.9% 9.16
FY2019 18.7% (3.36)
FY2018 22.1% 10.87
FY2017 11.2% (6.88)
FY2016 18.1% (1.46)

Against its own ten years

Low 11.2% High 27.9%
Ten-year median 23.4%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
CHE Chemed Corporation 22.1%
PACS PACS Group, Inc. compare 19.3%
DVA DaVita Inc. compare 13.5%
ENSG The Ensign Group, Inc. compare 13.4%
CON Concentra Group Holdings Parent, Inc. compare 12.7%
OPCH Option Care Health, Inc. compare 9.72%
UHS Universal Health Services, Inc. compare 9.42%
FMS Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA compare 5.47%
LFST LifeStance Health Group, Inc. compare 4.25%
Medical Care Facilities industry median 5.47%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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