Growth Metrics

Lightpath Technologies (LPTH) Return on Invested Capital (2017 - 2025)

Lightpath Technologies' Return on Invested Capital history spans 5 years, with the latest figure at 0.38% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 29.0% year-over-year to 0.38%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.38%, down 29.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.5%, 45.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.38% at Lightpath Technologies, up from 0.68% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.05% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 0.73% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.13% (2023), against an average of 0.19%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital grew 6bps in 2024 before it tumbled -67bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.12% in 2021, then decreased by -18bps to 0.14% in 2022, then fell by -5bps to 0.15% in 2023, then surged by 40bps to 0.09% in 2024, then tumbled by -333bps to 0.38% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LPTH's Return on Invested Capital are 0.38% (Q4 2025), 0.68% (Q3 2025), and 0.73% (Q2 2025).