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

Ocean Power Technologies' (OPTT) quarterly Return on Sales came in at 0.22% in Q1 2026, down 14.0% year-on-year from 0.26% in Q1 2025, and down 254.47% quarter-over-quarter from 0.06% in Q3 2025.

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

Ocean Power Technologies has disclosed Return on Sales across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 0.22% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Sales for Q1 2026 came in at 0.22%, down 14.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 0.07% (down 3.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.04%, up 1.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales came in at 0.22% for Q1 2026 at Ocean Power Technologies, down 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.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.07% (2023), against an average of 0.06%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Sales grew 29 bps in 2022 and fell 30 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Ocean Power Technologies' Return on Sales stood at 0.16% in 2022, then jumped by 49 bps to 0.08% in 2023, then jumped by 80 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then tumbled by 286 bps to 0.06% in 2025, then plunged by 254 bps to 0.22% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Sales figures came in at 0.22% (Q1 2026), 0.06% (Q3 2025), and 0.06% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

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2 Eaton 153.70 Bn 153.00 Bn 2.65 Bn 0.00%
3 Parker-Hannifin 111.44 Bn 110.97 Bn 2.02 Bn 0.00%
4 Cummins 90.06 Bn 87.33 Bn 2.24 Bn 0.00%
5 Emerson Electric 77.51 Bn 75.74 Bn 2.42 Bn 0.00%
6 Illinois Tool Works 72.86 Bn 72.03 Bn 1.76 Bn 0.00%
7 Ametek 51.86 Bn 51.38 Bn 717.56 Mn 0.00%
8 Rockwell Automation 50.08 Bn 49.71 Bn 1.13 Bn 0.00%
9 Dover 28.99 Bn 27.35 Bn 798.14 Mn 0.00%
10 Ocean Power Technologies 56.95 Mn 49.89 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 -0.10%
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%