Growth Metrics

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

Lightpath Technologies (LPTH) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 9 consecutive years, with 0.21% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 12.0% to 0.21% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.21% through Dec 2025, down 12.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.13% for FY2025, 8.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 0.21% in Q4 2025 for Lightpath Technologies, up from 0.23% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.01% in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.23% in Q3 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.09% across 5 years, with a median of 0.07% in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: decreased -17bps in 2021 and later rose 9bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.13% in 2021, then surged by 66bps to 0.04% in 2022, then tumbled by -38bps to 0.06% in 2023, then tumbled by -42bps to 0.09% in 2024, then plummeted by -140bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for LPTH at 0.21% in Q4 2025, 0.23% in Q3 2025, and 0.19% in Q2 2025.