Knowles KN
NYSE KN
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As of: Oct 1, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Knowles (KN) Return on Assets [ROA] (2014 - 2026)

Updated

Knowles (KN) reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 6.34% for Q2 2026, up 4.07 percentage points from 2.27% a year earlier and up 1.03 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Knowles (KN) Return on Assets [ROA] (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For FY2025, Knowles posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 4.08%, up 22.50 percentage points from FY2024.

  • Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of +3.68 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • By year, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at -18.43% in FY2024 (-23.90 pp), 5.47% in FY2023 (+34.98 pp), -29.50% in FY2022 (-38.39 pp) and 8.88% in FY2021 (+8.48 pp).
  • The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q1 2022.
  • Year over year, Return on Assets [ROA] has now increased in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +4.84 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The high point for year-over-year Return on Assets [ROA] in five years was Q1 2024 (a gain of 43.55 percentage points); the low point was Q1 2023 (a drop of 47.15 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 5.31% (Q1 2026), 4.13% (Q4 2025) and 3.83% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROA (Qtr)
1 Apple 4,865.08 Bn 4,612.57 Bn 54.77 Bn 34.18%
2 Cisco Systems 424.71 Bn 360.64 Bn 11.06 Bn 10.40%
3 Dell Technologies 344.52 Bn 300.28 Bn 9.83 Bn 9.39%
4 Arista Networks 256.79 Bn 210.25 Bn 1.91 Bn 17.83%
5 Sandisk 254.02 Bn 242.55 Bn 7.58 Bn 57.77%
6 Seagate Technology Holdings 209.18 Bn 204.17 Bn 1.90 Bn 33.76%
7 Western Digital 164.06 Bn 152.19 Bn 2.03 Bn 65.20%
8 Sony 144.83 Bn 95.22 Bn 6.53 Bn -1.51%
9 Lumentum Holdings 86.05 Bn 77.87 Bn 477.30 Mn -96.75%
10 Knowles 3.17 Bn 2.94 Bn 74.60 Mn 6.34%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 6.34%
Mar 31, 2026 5.31%
Dec 31, 2025 4.13%
Sep 30, 2025 3.83%
Jun 30, 2025 2.27%
Mar 31, 2025 -21.88%
Dec 31, 2024 -20.77%
Sep 30, 2024 -17.78%
Jun 30, 2024 -14.49%
Mar 31, 2024 5.44%
Dec 31, 2023 5.47%
Sep 30, 2023 -15.52%
Jun 30, 2023 -16.61%
Mar 31, 2023 -38.11%
Dec 31, 2022 -32.82%
Sep 30, 2022 -8.95%
Jun 30, 2022 -6.58%
Mar 31, 2022 9.04%
Dec 31, 2021 8.71%
Sep 30, 2021 5.13%
API Access

Knowles Return on Assets [ROA] API

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