Growth Metrics

Lightpath Technologies (LPTH) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Lightpath Technologies' Return on Capital Employed history spans 9 years, with the latest figure at 0.2% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 14.0% year-over-year to 0.2%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.2%, down 14.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.25%, 21.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.2% at Lightpath Technologies, down from 0.19% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.02% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 0.2% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.08% (2023), against an average of 0.09%.
  • The largest YoY upside for Return on Capital Employed was 8bps in 2025 against a maximum downside of -15bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.09% in 2021, then rose by 14bps to 0.07% in 2022, then plummeted by -43bps to 0.11% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 37bps to 0.07% in 2024, then plummeted by -202bps to 0.2% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LPTH's Return on Capital Employed are 0.2% (Q4 2025), 0.19% (Q3 2025), and 0.18% (Q2 2025).