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Nlight (LASR) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2026)

Nlight has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 8 years, most recently at 10.94% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 1569.0% to 10.94% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 10.94% through Dec 2025, up 1569.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 11.62% for FY2025, 1419.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 10.94% for Q4 2025 at Nlight, up from 18.55% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 6.99% in Q2 2021 and troughed at 26.62% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 18.33% (2022), against an average of 16.01%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed crashed -974bps in 2024 and then surged 1569bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 9.1% in 2021, then tumbled by -99bps to 18.1% in 2022, then increased by 7bps to 16.88% in 2023, then tumbled by -58bps to 26.62% in 2024, then soared by 59bps to 10.94% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LASR's Return on Capital Employed are 10.94% (Q4 2025), 18.55% (Q3 2025), and 20.58% (Q2 2025).