Harmonic (HLIT) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Harmonic (HLIT) reported Return on Capital Employed of 2.45% for Q2 2026, down 1228.0% on a YoY basis from 0.22% in Q2 2025, and up 1175.95% quarter-over-quarter from 0.23% in Q4 2025.

Harmonic (HLIT) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Harmonic has reported Return on Capital Employed for 17 years, with the latest figure at 2.45% in Q2 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 1228.0% year-over-year to 2.45%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 stood at 2.45% (down 1228.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.33%, down 1233.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q2 2026 stood at 2.45%, up from 0.23% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 18.27% in Q2 2025, with the low at 2.83% in Q2 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 8.22% across 5 years, with a median of 7.99% in 2022.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Capital Employed slumped 1481 bps — and 2025, when it surged 2110 bps.
  • Harmonic's Return on Capital Employed stood at 11.92% in 2022, then tumbled by 44 bps to 6.69% in 2023, then soared by 91 bps to 12.76% in 2024, then tumbled by 102 bps to 0.23% in 2025, then surged by 1176 bps to 2.45% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 2.45% (Q2 2026), 0.23% (Q4 2025), and 13.88% (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 Harmonic 1.46 Bn 1.35 Bn 63.62 Mn 2.45%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 3, 2026 2.45%
Dec 31, 2025 -0.23%
Sep 26, 2025 13.88%
Jun 27, 2025 18.27%
Mar 28, 2025 14.73%
Dec 31, 2024 12.76%
Sep 27, 2024 4.83%
Jun 28, 2024 -2.83%
Mar 29, 2024 1.94%
Dec 31, 2023 6.69%
Sep 29, 2023 7.13%
Jun 30, 2023 11.98%
Mar 31, 2023 13.51%
Dec 31, 2022 11.92%
Sep 30, 2022 9.28%
Jul 1, 2022 7.99%
Apr 1, 2022 5.40%
Dec 31, 2021 4.23%
Oct 1, 2021 4.61%
Jul 2, 2021 3.03%