Growth Metrics

Aterian (ATER) Return on Invested Capital (2019 - 2025)

Aterian has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 7 years, most recently at 0.8% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.8% for Q4 2025, down 163.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.8% (down 163.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.68%, down 142.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.8% at Aterian, down from 0.34% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for ATER hit a ceiling of 1.01% in Q3 2024 and a floor of 0.88% in Q3 2022.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.27% (2022), compared with a mean of 0.07%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: skyrocketed 267bps in 2021 and later plummeted -163bps in 2025.
  • Aterian's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.2% in 2021, then tumbled by -71bps to 0.34% in 2022, then rose by 10bps to 0.3% in 2023, then surged by 374bps to 0.83% in 2024, then plummeted by -196bps to 0.8% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.8% (Q4 2025), 0.34% (Q3 2025), and 0.11% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.