Axt (AXTI) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025)
Axt's (AXTI) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 7.49% in Q4 2025, down 207.0% year-on-year from 7.0% in Q4 2024, and up 24.0% quarter-over-quarter from 9.86% in Q3 2025.
Axt (AXTI) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Axt has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 15 years of filings, most recently posting 7.49% for Q4 2025.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 came in at 7.49%, down 207.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 7.49% (down 207.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 7.42%, down 204.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed came in at 7.49% for Q4 2025 at Axt, up from 9.86% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 5.75% in Q3 2022 to a low of 10.56% in Q2 2025.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 3.56% (2024), against an average of 1.95%.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 392 bps in 2021 and tumbled 1262 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
- Axt's Return on Capital Employed stood at 4.67% in 2021, then fell by 7 bps to 4.32% in 2022, then plunged by 286 bps to 8.02% in 2023, then jumped by 32 bps to 5.42% in 2024, then slumped by 38 bps to 7.49% in 2025.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 7.49% (Q4 2025), 9.86% (Q3 2025), and 10.56% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -7.49% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -9.86% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -10.56% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -8.32% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -5.42% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -4.46% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -5.65% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -7.27% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -8.02% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -6.87% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -2.67% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.49% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.32% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.75% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.17% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.52% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.67% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.28% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 4.32% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 3.12% |