Aurora Innovation AUR
NASDAQ AUR
$4.21 -0.14 (-3.22%)
At close: Nov 13, 2026 · 4:00 PM EST

Aurora Innovation (AUR) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2021 - 2026)

Updated

Aurora Innovation's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -50.83% in Q3 2026, down 12.99 percentage points from -37.84% a year earlier and down 3.88 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Aurora Innovation (AUR) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For FY2025, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at Aurora Innovation came in at -42.31%, down 4.55 percentage points from FY2024.

  • Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a four-year change of -6.88 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2025).
  • In earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -37.76% in FY2024 (+3.84 pp), -41.60% in FY2023 (+45.83 pp), -87.43% in FY2022 (-52.01 pp) and -35.43% in FY2021.
  • The Q3 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q2 2023.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.66 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years was Q2 2024 (a gain of 66.23 percentage points); the worst was Q1 2023 (a drop of 76.32 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, AUR's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was -46.95% (Q2 2026), -43.85% (Q1 2026) and -38.91% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Aurora Innovation 8.48 Bn 3.73 Bn -5.00 Mn -50.83%
2 Mobileye Global 4.58 Bn -1.60 Bn 261.00 Mn -49.46%
3 Pony AI 1.93 Bn -1.23 Bn 6.35 Mn -16.03%
4 NightFood Holdings 1.28 Bn 1.28 Bn 1.61 Mn -119.72%
5 WeRide 1.28 Bn -1.76 Bn 12.76 Mn -26.58%
6 Securetech Innovations 267.50 Mn 267.05 Mn 887,754.00 -2.00%
7 ECARX Holdings 251.51 Mn -42.61 Mn 16.90 Mn -
8 Serve Robotics 229.41 Mn -624.96 Mn -7.56 Mn -65.30%
9 Kodiak AI 217.96 Mn -257.60 Mn - -119.51%
10 Richtech Robotics 170.53 Mn -780.41 Mn 802,000.00 -9.89%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2026 -50.83%
Jun 30, 2026 -46.95%
Mar 31, 2026 -43.85%
Dec 31, 2025 -38.91%
Sep 30, 2025 -37.84%
Jun 30, 2025 -40.51%
Mar 31, 2025 -40.62%
Dec 31, 2024 -37.49%
Sep 30, 2024 -39.32%
Jun 30, 2024 -41.71%
Mar 31, 2024 -39.96%
Dec 31, 2023 -38.24%
Sep 30, 2023 -43.47%
Jun 30, 2023 -107.94%
Mar 31, 2023 -95.47%
Sep 30, 2022 -78.56%
Jun 30, 2022 -58.52%
Mar 31, 2022 -19.15%
Dec 31, 2021 -32.58%
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