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Aqua Metals (AQMS) Return on Capital Employed (2017 - 2025)

Aqua Metals has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 9 years, most recently at 3.97% for Q3 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 3.97% for Q3 2025, down 283.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Sep 2025 was 3.97% (down 283.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2024 was 1.09%, down 25.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q3 2025 was 3.97% at Aqua Metals, down from 2.75% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for AQMS hit a ceiling of 0.45% in Q1 2021 and a floor of 3.97% in Q3 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.72% (2023), compared with a mean of 1.08%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: rose 15bps in 2021 and later crashed -283bps in 2025.
  • Aqua Metals' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.56% in 2021, then decreased by -27bps to 0.71% in 2022, then fell by -4bps to 0.74% in 2023, then tumbled by -68bps to 1.24% in 2024, then plummeted by -220bps to 3.97% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 3.97% (Q3 2025), 2.75% (Q2 2025), and 1.78% (Q1 2025) per Business Quant data.