Lightpath Technologies (LPTH) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Lightpath Technologies (LPTH) posted Return on Capital Employed of 16.01% for Q1 2026, up 21.49% sequentially from 20.39% in Q4 2025, and down 9591.0% YoY from 0.17% in Q1 2025.
Lightpath Technologies (LPTH) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Lightpath Technologies has reported Return on Capital Employed for 16 years, with the latest figure at 16.01% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 9591.0% year-over-year to 16.01% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 16.01% (down 9591.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 24.79%, down 649.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed advanced to 16.01% in Q1 2026 per LPTH's latest filing, from 20.39% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 89.17% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 55.36% in Q3 2024.
- A 5-year average of 5.4% and a median of 10.24% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed soared 9984 bps in 2024, then plunged 10957 bps in 2025.
- Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 7.45% in 2022, then sank by 43 bps to 10.67% in 2023, then soared by 936 bps to 89.17% in 2024, then slumped by 123 bps to 20.39% in 2025, then gained by 21 bps to 16.01% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 16.01%, 20.39%, and 19.44% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -16.01% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -20.39% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -19.44% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -49.96% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 79.90% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 89.17% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -55.36% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -19.15% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -14.54% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -10.67% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -7.78% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -7.47% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -8.09% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -7.45% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -8.24% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -6.00% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -10.24% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -8.63% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -6.28% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -4.26% |