Growth Metrics

Deswell Industries (DSWL) Return on Capital Employed (2017 - 2025)

Deswell Industries filings provide 17 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 5.39% for Q1 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 129.0% to 5.39% in Q1 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2025 was 5.39%, a 129.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 3.38%, up 131.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 5.39% in Q1 2025 for Deswell Industries, down from 6.68% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 6.68% in Q1 2024 to a low of 3.7% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 5.39% (2025), compared with a mean of 5.26%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 314bps in 2021 and later tumbled -129bps in 2025.
  • Deswell Industries' Return on Capital Employed stood at 3.7% in 2021, then surged by 34bps to 4.96% in 2022, then grew by 12bps to 5.57% in 2023, then increased by 20bps to 6.68% in 2024, then fell by -19bps to 5.39% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 5.39% (Q1 2025), 6.68% (Q1 2024), and 5.57% (Q1 2023) per Business Quant data.