Axt (AXTI) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025)

Axt (AXTI) reported Return on Capital Employed of 7.49% for Q4 2025, down 207.0% YoY from 7.0% in Q4 2024, and up 24.0% on a QoQ basis from 9.86% in Q3 2025.

Axt (AXTI) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Axt has reported Return on Capital Employed for 15 years, with the latest figure at 7.49% in 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.
  • The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 5.75% in Q3 2022, with the low at 10.56% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 1.95% and a median of 3.56% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Return on Capital Employed surged 392 bps — and 2023, when it tumbled 1262 bps.
  • Axt's Return on Capital Employed stood at 4.67% in 2021, then decreased by 7 bps to 4.32% in 2022, then plunged by 286 bps to 8.02% in 2023, then soared 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.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Asml Holding 636.08 Bn 620.57 Bn 5.90 Bn 59.95%
2 Applied Materials 406.04 Bn 399.30 Bn 3.95 Bn 27.69%
3 Lam Research 369.24 Bn 364.49 Bn 2.91 Bn 46.86%
4 Kla 240.65 Bn 238.86 Bn 2.09 Bn 41.84%
5 Teradyne 58.07 Bn 57.82 Bn 780.95 Mn 30.40%
6 Qnity Electronics 27.70 Bn 26.85 Bn 618.00 Mn 9.95%
7 Entegris 18.25 Bn 17.80 Bn 380.80 Mn 6.05%
8 Onto Innovation 12.83 Bn 12.17 Bn 146.39 Mn 4.77%
9 Amkor Technology 12.41 Bn 9.90 Bn 318.59 Mn 9.35%
10 Axt 2.66 Bn 2.53 Bn 4.83 Mn -7.49%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%