Optimum Communications (OPTU) Return on Capital Employed (2017 - 2026)
Optimum Communications' (OPTU) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 10.31% in Q1 2026, down 1583.0% YoY from 0.7% in Q1 2025, and down 2525.43% on a QoQ basis from 0.39% in Q4 2025.
Optimum Communications (OPTU) Return on Capital Employed (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Optimum Communications (OPTU) has 10 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 10.31% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 1583.0% year-over-year to 10.31% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.31% (down 1583.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.39%, down 607.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed slipped to 10.31% in Q1 2026, from 0.39% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 8.12% in Q2 2022 to a low of 10.31% in Q1 2026.
- A 5-year average of 4.35% and a median of 5.67% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed surged 43 bps — and 2026, when it slumped 1583 bps.
- Tracing OPTU's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 6.12% in 2022, then slipped by 7 bps to 5.72% in 2023, then decreased by 0 bps to 5.69% in 2024, then sank by 107 bps to 0.39% in 2025, then sank by 2525 bps to 10.31% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 10.31% (Q1 2026), 0.39% (Q4 2025), and 0.58% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -13.52% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -10.31% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -0.39% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -0.58% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.90% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.52% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.69% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.51% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.67% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.62% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.72% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.86% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.77% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.61% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.12% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.18% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 8.12% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 7.99% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.25% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 8.50% |