Growth Metrics

Milestone Scientific (MLSS) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Milestone Scientific (MLSS) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 1.42% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 41.0% to 1.42% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 1.42% through Dec 2025, down 41.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 1.22% for FY2025, 23.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 1.42% in Q4 2025 for Milestone Scientific, up from 2.06% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.35% in Q2 2021 to a low of 2.06% in Q3 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.89% across 5 years, with a median of 0.86% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 353bps in 2021 and later tumbled -120bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.44% in 2021, then tumbled by -79bps to 0.79% in 2022, then decreased by -9bps to 0.86% in 2023, then dropped by -18bps to 1.01% in 2024, then plummeted by -41bps to 1.42% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for MLSS at 1.42% in Q4 2025, 2.06% in Q3 2025, and 1.46% in Q2 2025.