Lipocine LPCN
NASDAQ LPCN
$2.05 -0.02 (-0.97%)
At close: Oct 2, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Lipocine (LPCN) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2018 - 2022)

Updated

Lipocine's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 6.82% for Q1 2022, up 55.32 percentage points from -48.50% a year earlier but down 0.69 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Lipocine (LPCN) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2018 - 2022) Analysis & Trends

For FY2021, Lipocine's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 9.14%, up 113.87 percentage points from FY2020.

  • Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] carries a three-year change of +67.71 percentage points (FY2018 to FY2021).
  • Going back by year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was -104.73% in FY2020 (-26.85 pp), -77.88% in FY2019 (-19.31 pp) and -58.57% in FY2018.
  • The five-year range for quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] is -109.11% (Q1 2020) to 7.50% (Q4 2021).
  • Year-over-year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased for six consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +34.10 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] over five years came in Q4 2021 (a gain of 93.62 percentage points), and the weakest in Q1 2020 (a drop of 52.50 percentage points).
  • Business Quant data shows LPCN's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] at 7.50% (Q4 2021), -38.18% (Q3 2021) and -35.18% (Q2 2021) in the three quarters before Q1 2022.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Eli Lilly 1,076.25 Bn 1,044.84 Bn 19.71 Bn 37.16%
2 Johnson & Johnson 617.18 Bn 535.70 Bn 17.26 Bn 16.10%
3 AbbVie 464.58 Bn 437.73 Bn 12.70 Bn 18.68%
4 Merck 356.04 Bn 310.47 Bn 12.21 Bn 3.56%
5 Novartis Ag 269.07 Bn 224.94 Bn 11.24 Bn 21.95%
6 Astrazeneca 243.21 Bn 216.77 Bn 12.86 Bn 28.83%
7 Amgen 217.88 Bn 173.28 Bn 7.24 Bn 14.33%
8 Gilead Sciences 179.62 Bn 153.74 Bn 6.22 Bn -5.97%
9 Pfizer 158.45 Bn 105.40 Bn 10.94 Bn 13.44%
10 Lipocine 11.11 Mn -56.60 Mn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2022 6.82%
Dec 31, 2021 7.50%
Sep 30, 2021 -38.18%
Jun 30, 2021 -35.18%
Mar 31, 2021 -48.50%
Dec 31, 2020 -86.11%
Sep 30, 2020 -82.63%
Jun 30, 2020 -94.31%
Mar 31, 2020 -109.11%
Dec 31, 2019 -89.35%
Sep 30, 2019 -74.24%
Jun 30, 2019 -59.10%
Mar 31, 2019 -56.61%
Dec 31, 2018 -54.39%
Sep 30, 2018 -58.99%
Jun 30, 2018 -62.94%
Mar 31, 2018 -82.88%
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