Growth Metrics

Nlight (LASR) Return on Invested Capital (2018 - 2025)

Historic Return on Invested Capital for Nlight (LASR) over the last 8 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.22%.

  • Nlight's Return on Invested Capital rose 100.0% to 0.22% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.22%, marking a year-over-year increase of 100.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.28% for FY2024, which is 1000.0% down from last year.
  • Per Nlight's latest filing, its Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.22% for Q3 2025, which was up 100.0% from 0.24% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Nlight's Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.07% in Q2 2021 and a low of 0.29% during Q4 2024
  • For the 5-year period, Nlight's Return on Invested Capital averaged around 0.18%, with its median value being 0.2% (2023).
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Nlight's Return on Invested Capital surged by 600bps in 2021 and then crashed by -1100bps in 2024.
  • Nlight's Return on Invested Capital (Quarter) stood at 0.1% in 2021, then tumbled by -102bps to 0.2% in 2022, then rose by 11bps to 0.18% in 2023, then tumbled by -63bps to 0.29% in 2024, then increased by 25bps to 0.22% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Invested Capital was 0.22% in Q3 2025, compared to 0.24% in Q2 2025 and 0.28% in Q1 2025.