Optimum Communications OPTU
NYSE OPTU
$0.85 -0.03 (-2.87%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Optimum Communications (OPTU) Return on Invested Capital (2017 - 2026)

Optimum Communications' (OPTU) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.08% in Q1 2026, down 10.0% YoY from 0.09% in Q1 2025, and down 3304.03% on a QoQ basis from 0.0% in Q4 2025.

Optimum Communications (OPTU) Return on Invested Capital (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Optimum Communications (OPTU) has 10 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.08% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 10.0% year-over-year to 0.08% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.08% (down 10.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.01%, down 7.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital declined to 0.08% in Q1 2026, from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.01% in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.08% in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 0.0% and a median of 0.0% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Invested Capital gained 1 bps — and 2026, when it decreased 10 bps.
  • Tracing OPTU's Return on Invested Capital over 5 years: stood at 0.0% in 2022, then jumped by 178 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then jumped by 345 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then slumped by 119 bps to 0.0% in 2025, then sank by 3304 bps to 0.08% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.08% (Q1 2026), 0.0% (Q4 2025), and 0.0% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Verizon Communications 205.80 Bn 204.04 Bn 27.03 Bn 0.09%
2 T-Mobile US 197.90 Bn 195.07 Bn 17.74 Bn 0.01%
3 Grupo Televisa, S.A.B 195.16 Bn 193.45 Bn 318.12 Mn -0.72%
4 At&T 175.88 Bn 158.31 Bn 25.25 Bn 0.01%
5 Chunghwa Telecom 33.61 Bn 31.03 Bn 728.80 Mn 0.01%
6 EchoStar 25.20 Bn 23.70 Bn 1.65 Bn -0.01%
7 Bce 22.12 Bn 22.12 Bn - -
8 Rogers Communications 19.59 Bn 18.35 Bn 1.77 Bn 0.01%
9 Telefonica Brasil 18.39 Bn 18.39 Bn 1.32 Bn -
10 Optimum Communications 379.52 Mn -979.75 Mn 1.37 Bn -0.01%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 -0.01%
Mar 31, 2026 -0.08%
Dec 31, 2025 0.00%
Sep 30, 2025 0.00%
Jun 30, 2025 0.01%
Mar 31, 2025 0.01%
Dec 31, 2024 0.01%
Sep 30, 2024 0.01%
Jun 30, 2024 0.01%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 0.00%
Sep 30, 2023 0.00%
Jun 30, 2023 0.00%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 0.00%
Sep 30, 2022 0.00%
Jun 30, 2022 0.00%
Mar 31, 2022 0.00%
Dec 31, 2021 0.00%
Sep 30, 2021 0.00%