Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 0.64% in Q1 2026, up 70.87% quarter-over-quarter from 2.19% in Q4 2025, and up 5594.0% on a YoY basis from 0.01% in Q1 2025.

Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Comtech Telecommunications' Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.64% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 5594.0% year-over-year to 0.64%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 0.64% (up 5594.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 22.85%, down 1162.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.64% for Q1 2026 at Comtech Telecommunications, up from 2.19% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.34% in Q2 2024 to a low of 57.3% in Q2 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 13.13% across 5 years, with a median of 2.48% in 2022.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2025 and 2026: Return on Capital Employed tumbled 5764 bps in 2025, then jumped 5594 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 4.69% in 2022, then soared by 90 bps to 0.46% in 2023, then tumbled by 10988 bps to 51.51% in 2024, then surged by 96 bps to 2.19% in 2025, then surged by 71 bps to 0.64% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.64% (Q1 2026), 2.19% (Q4 2025), and 23.67% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 16.71%
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 6.63%
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 21.43%
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn -0.78%
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 11.56%
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 87.31%
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -10.70%
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn -1.25%
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 10.82%
10 Comtech Telecommunications 140.28 Mn 107.46 Mn 36.22 Mn -0.64%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 -0.64%
Oct 31, 2025 -2.19%
Jul 31, 2025 -23.67%
Apr 30, 2025 -57.30%
Jan 31, 2025 -56.58%
Oct 31, 2024 -51.51%
Jul 31, 2024 -11.28%
Apr 30, 2024 0.34%
Jan 31, 2024 0.14%
Oct 31, 2023 -0.46%
Jul 31, 2023 -1.88%
Apr 30, 2023 -2.30%
Jan 31, 2023 -1.66%
Oct 31, 2022 -4.69%
Jul 31, 2022 -4.30%
Apr 30, 2022 -2.81%
Jan 31, 2022 -2.48%
Oct 31, 2021 1.38%
Jul 31, 2021 -8.62%
Apr 30, 2021 -9.71%