Growth Metrics

Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 1.1% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 1.0% to 1.1% in Q3 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 1.1% through Jul 2025, up 1.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.82% for FY2025, 5.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 1.1% in Q3 2025 for Ocean Power Technologies, down from 0.74% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.17% in Q2 2021 to a low of 1.21% in Q2 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.62% across 5 years, with a median of 0.6% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: surged 85bps in 2021 and later tumbled -64bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.23% in 2021, then tumbled by -67bps to 0.38% in 2022, then tumbled by -132bps to 0.88% in 2023, then decreased by -5bps to 0.93% in 2024, then decreased by -19bps to 1.1% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for OPTT at 1.1% in Q3 2025, 0.74% in Q2 2025, and 0.8% in Q1 2025.