Aurora Innovation AUR
NASDAQ AUR
$4.81 -0.05 (-1.03%)
At close: Oct 23, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

Updated

Aurora Innovation's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -46.95% in Q2 2026, down 6.44 percentage points from -40.51% a year earlier and down 3.10 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 Q2 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q3 2023.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for three straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +8.18 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 145.61 percentage points); the worst was Q1 2023 (a drop of 149.50 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, AUR's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was -43.85% (Q1 2026), -38.91% (Q4 2025) and -37.84% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Aurora Innovation 9.61 Bn 4.65 Bn -5.00 Mn -46.95%
2 Mobileye Global 5.35 Bn -757.28 Mn 235.00 Mn -50.09%
3 Pony AI 2.23 Bn 1.18 Bn 6.35 Mn -
4 WeRide 1.43 Bn -1.61 Bn 12.76 Mn -26.52%
5 NightFood Holdings 858.02 Mn 854.73 Mn 1.61 Mn -119.72%
6 Securetech Innovations 341.68 Mn 341.68 Mn - -
7 ECARX Holdings 263.93 Mn -13.92 Mn 44.50 Mn -
8 Richtech Robotics 260.29 Mn -1.02 Bn 802,000.00 -9.89%
9 Serve Robotics 240.46 Mn -626.32 Mn -8.78 Mn -56.68%
10 Kodiak AI 198.06 Mn -310.06 Mn - -111.82%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
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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