AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) reported Return on Capital Employed of 10.7% for Q1 2026, up 2190.0% year-over-year from 0.47% in Q1 2025, and up 9.7% quarter-over-quarter from 11.85% in Q4 2025.
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) has 7 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 10.7% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 10.7%, up 2190.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.7% (up 2190.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 3.39%, up 5441.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed grew to 10.7% in Q1 2026 per ASTS's latest filing, from 11.85% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 10.7% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 66.32% in Q4 2023.
- A 5-year average of 39.56% and a median of 41.4% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed tumbled 2667 bps in 2023, then surged 3234 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 39.65% in 2022, then tumbled by 67 bps to 66.32% in 2023, then soared by 38 bps to 41.4% in 2024, then soared by 71 bps to 11.85% in 2025, then grew by 10 bps to 10.7% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows ASTS's Return on Capital Employed at 10.7% in Q1 2026, 11.85% in Q4 2025, and 19.29% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -10.70% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -11.85% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -19.29% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -24.46% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -32.60% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -41.40% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -50.69% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -56.80% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -63.32% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -66.32% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -55.71% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -51.43% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -42.86% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -39.65% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -26.34% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -17.66% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -10.57% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -7.00% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -1.26% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -0.74% |