Cyanotech Corp (CYAN) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2025)
Cyanotech's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -9.08% in fiscal Q2 2026 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025), up 23.58 percentage points from -32.66% a year earlier and up 8.73 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Cyanotech Corp (CYAN) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Mar 31, 2025), Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at Cyanotech came in at -17.84%, up 6.50 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of -22.17 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier fiscal years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -24.34% in FY2024 (-11.52 pp), -12.82% in FY2023 (-22.48 pp), 9.66% in FY2022 (+9.33 pp) and 0.33% in FY2021 (-4.00 pp).
- The fiscal Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since fiscal Q3 2023.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for three straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.45 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years was fiscal Q2 2026 (a gain of 23.58 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q1 2024 (a drop of 23.68 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, CYAN's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2026 was -17.81% (Q1 2026), -18.61% (Q4 2025) and -28.38% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | -9.08% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -17.81% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -18.61% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -28.38% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -32.66% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -30.28% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -26.05% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -20.61% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -17.54% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -18.08% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -13.49% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -5.13% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -1.50% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.60% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 9.58% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.26% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.68% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1.73% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 0.33% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 1.32% |
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Cyanotech Corp Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=CYAN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "CYAN", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=CYAN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();