Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025)

Ocean Power Technologies' (OPTT) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 109.98% in Q3 2025, up 105.0% year-on-year from 53.65% in Q3 2024, and down 48.65% quarter-over-quarter from 73.99% in Q2 2025.

Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Ocean Power Technologies has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 15 years of filings, most recently posting 109.98% for Q3 2025.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q3 2025 came in at 109.98%, up 105.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jul 2025 was 109.98% (up 105.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 81.96%, up 513.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 109.98% for Q3 2025 at Ocean Power Technologies, down from 73.99% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 17.0% in Q2 2021 to a low of 120.83% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 60.49% (2023), against an average of 61.61%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 8541 bps in 2021 and tumbled 6387 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Ocean Power Technologies' Return on Capital Employed stood at 22.85% in 2021, then plunged by 67 bps to 38.18% in 2022, then plunged by 132 bps to 88.49% in 2023, then decreased by 5 bps to 92.6% in 2024, then dropped by 19 bps to 109.98% in 2025.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 109.98% (Q3 2025), 73.99% (Q2 2025), and 79.85% (Q1 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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1 GE Vernova 251.14 Bn 242.11 Bn 1.78 Bn 7.18%
2 Eaton 153.70 Bn 153.00 Bn 2.65 Bn 14.09%
3 Parker-Hannifin 111.44 Bn 110.97 Bn 2.02 Bn 18.36%
4 Cummins 90.06 Bn 87.33 Bn 2.24 Bn 15.97%
5 Emerson Electric 77.51 Bn 75.74 Bn 2.42 Bn 14.32%
6 Illinois Tool Works 72.86 Bn 72.03 Bn 1.76 Bn 39.40%
7 Ametek 51.86 Bn 51.38 Bn 717.56 Mn 14.67%
8 Rockwell Automation 50.08 Bn 49.71 Bn 1.13 Bn 31.32%
9 Dover 28.99 Bn 27.35 Bn 798.14 Mn 12.62%
10 Ocean Power Technologies 56.95 Mn 49.89 Mn -755,000.00 -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jul 31, 2025 -109.98%
Apr 30, 2025 -73.99%
Jan 31, 2025 -79.85%
Oct 31, 2024 -92.60%
Jul 31, 2024 -111.03%
Apr 30, 2024 -120.83%
Jan 31, 2024 -107.97%
Oct 31, 2023 -88.49%
Jul 31, 2023 -69.89%
Apr 30, 2023 -60.49%
Jan 31, 2023 -44.09%
Oct 31, 2022 -38.18%
Jul 31, 2022 -33.37%
Apr 30, 2022 -29.57%
Jan 31, 2022 -27.07%
Oct 31, 2021 -22.85%
Jul 31, 2021 -18.76%
Apr 30, 2021 -17.00%
Jan 31, 2021 -24.67%
Oct 31, 2020 -88.18%