Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT) Return on Sales (2010 - 2026)

Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT) reported Return on Sales of 0.22% for Q1 2026, down 14.0% on a YoY basis from 0.26% in Q1 2025, and down 254.47% sequentially from 0.06% in Q3 2025.

Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT) Return on Sales (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT) has 17 years of Return on Sales data on file, last reported at 0.22% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Sales fell 14.0% year-over-year to 0.22%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at 0.07% (down 3.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.04%, up 1.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales fell to 0.22% in Q1 2026, from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.21% in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.22% in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 0.05% and a median of 0.06% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Sales.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Sales grew 29 bps in 2022 and fell 22 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Tracing OPTT's Return on Sales over 5 years: stood at 0.16% in 2022, then soared by 49 bps to 0.08% in 2023, then soared by 80 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then plunged by 286 bps to 0.06% in 2025, then sank by 254 bps to 0.22% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows OPTT's Return on Sales at 0.22% in Q1 2026, 0.06% in Q3 2025, and 0.06% in Q2 2025.

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7 Ametek 55.40 Bn 54.92 Bn 717.56 Mn 0.00%
8 Rockwell Automation 51.78 Bn 51.35 Bn 1.13 Bn 0.00%
9 Ingersoll Rand 32.99 Bn 31.71 Bn 792.40 Mn 0.00%
10 Ocean Power Technologies 29.32 Mn 22.22 Mn -755,000.00 -0.22%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 -0.22%
Jul 31, 2025 -0.06%
Apr 30, 2025 -0.06%
Jan 31, 2025 -0.08%
Oct 31, 2024 -0.02%
Jul 31, 2024 -0.03%
Apr 30, 2024 -0.04%
Jan 31, 2024 -0.04%
Oct 31, 2023 -0.08%
Jul 31, 2023 -0.06%
Apr 30, 2023 0.17%
Jan 31, 2023 -0.08%
Oct 31, 2022 -0.16%
Jul 31, 2022 -0.08%
Apr 30, 2022 0.21%
Jan 31, 2022 -0.11%
Oct 31, 2021 -0.21%
Jul 31, 2021 -0.11%
Apr 30, 2021 -0.08%
Jan 31, 2021 -0.10%