AstroNova (ALOT) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026)
AstroNova (ALOT) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 2.28% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Apr 30, 2026), up 11.76 percentage points from -9.48% a year earlier and up 1.08 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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AstroNova (ALOT) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), AstroNova's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 1.17%, up 10.45 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of -1.39 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, AstroNova's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -9.28% in FY2025 (-17.54 pp), 8.26% in FY2024 (+2.19 pp), 6.08% in FY2023 (+1.60 pp) and 4.47% in FY2022 (+1.91 pp).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since fiscal Q3 2025.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -5.70 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was fiscal Q1 2027, with a gain of 11.76 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2026, with a drop of 21.46 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 1.19% (Q4 2026), -11.01% (Q3 2026) and -10.87% (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 321.31 Bn | 275.31 Bn | 4.68 Bn | -26.86% |
| 2 | Rtx | 248.97 Bn | 222.19 Bn | 5.13 Bn | 9.62% |
| 3 | Boeing | 152.99 Bn | 59.70 Bn | 2.41 Bn | 8.25% |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 116.67 Bn | 103.39 Bn | 2.45 Bn | 24.71% |
| 5 | Howmet Aerospace | 92.54 Bn | 88.15 Bn | 951.00 Mn | 22.99% |
| 6 | General Dynamics | 89.31 Bn | 76.42 Bn | 2.18 Bn | 13.87% |
| 7 | Motorola Solutions | 74.04 Bn | 70.40 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 22.44% |
| 8 | Northrop Grumman | 67.90 Bn | 57.15 Bn | 2.12 Bn | 12.41% |
| 9 | Honeywell International | 67.82 Bn | 20.27 Bn | 3.65 Bn | 15.09% |
| 10 | AstroNova | 224.61 Mn | 208.40 Mn | 14.43 Mn | 2.28% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 2.28% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 1.19% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | -11.01% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -10.87% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -9.48% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | -7.88% |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 6.20% |
| Aug 3, 2024 | 10.59% |
| Apr 27, 2024 | 8.11% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 8.46% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 7.00% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 3.62% |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 6.03% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 5.33% |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 3.60% |
| Jul 30, 2022 | 2.22% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 4.58% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 4.47% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 5.81% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 5.95% |
API Access
AstroNova Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=ALOT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "ALOT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=ALOT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();