Nokia (NOK) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2023)

Nokia (NOK) posted Return on Capital Employed of 21.5% for Q2 2023, down 11.96% sequentially from 24.42% in Q4 2022.

Nokia (NOK) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2023) Analysis & Trends

Nokia has reported Return on Capital Employed for 15 years, with the latest figure at 21.5% in Q2 2023.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed changed N/A year-over-year to 21.5% in Q2 2023, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2023 was 21.5% (changed N/A YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 3.31%, down 367.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed slipped to 21.5% in Q2 2023 per NOK's latest filing, from 24.42% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 24.42% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 11.73% in Q2 2019.
  • A 5-year average of 17.15% and a median of 16.38% in 2021 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2019 and 2020: Return on Capital Employed surged 955 bps in 2019, then slumped 595 bps in 2020.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 20.51% in 2019, then slipped by 29 bps to 14.56% in 2020, then soared by 61 bps to 23.47% in 2021, then climbed by 4 bps to 24.42% in 2022, then dropped by 12 bps to 21.5% in 2023.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 21.5%, 24.42%, and 23.47% for Q2 2023, Q4 2022, and Q4 2021 respectively.

Peer Comparison

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1 Cisco Systems 440.02 Bn 423.38 Bn 10.08 Bn 16.71%
2 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 77.69 Bn 72.40 Bn 3.94 Bn 2.87%
3 Motorola Solutions 77.25 Bn 76.56 Bn 1.68 Bn 22.44%
4 Lumentum Holdings 66.40 Bn 63.23 Bn 357.00 Mn 11.56%
5 Nokia 61.84 Bn 54.37 Bn 10.09 Bn -
6 Ciena 60.71 Bn 59.51 Bn 691.55 Mn 10.98%
7 Ubiquiti 34.65 Bn 34.28 Bn 370.71 Mn 87.31%
8 Ericsson Lm Telephone 34.62 Bn 28.92 Bn 2.58 Bn 20.69%
9 AST SpaceMobile 27.62 Bn 28.12 Bn 9.12 Mn -11.54%
10 Zebra Technologies 17.79 Bn 17.63 Bn 825.00 Mn 19.12%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2023 21.50%
Dec 31, 2022 24.42%
Dec 31, 2021 23.47%
Mar 31, 2021 16.38%
Dec 31, 2020 14.56%
Sep 30, 2020 13.27%
Jun 30, 2020 12.66%
Mar 31, 2020 12.67%
Dec 31, 2019 20.51%
Sep 30, 2019 17.52%
Jun 30, 2019 11.73%
Dec 31, 2018 10.97%
Sep 30, 2018 10.27%
Jun 30, 2018 13.80%
Dec 31, 2017 -3.18%
Sep 30, 2017 -3.62%
Jun 30, 2017 -4.15%
Dec 31, 2016 12.63%
Dec 31, 2015 26.32%
Dec 31, 2014 1,659,357.92%