Ouster (OUST) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)
Ouster (OUST) reported Return on Capital Employed of 24.67% for Q1 2026, up 2985.0% year-over-year from 0.8% in Q1 2025, and up 6.44% quarter-over-quarter from 26.37% in Q4 2025.
Ouster (OUST) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Ouster (OUST) has 7 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 24.67% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 24.67%, up 2985.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 24.67% (up 2985.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 30.6%, up 1569.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed advanced to 24.67% in Q1 2026 per OUST's latest filing, from 26.37% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 24.67% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 152.58% in Q4 2023.
- A 5-year average of 68.18% and a median of 54.53% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed sank 8982 bps in 2023, then surged 9694 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 62.76% in 2022, then plunged by 143 bps to 152.58% in 2023, then soared by 64 bps to 55.63% in 2024, then soared by 53 bps to 26.37% in 2025, then rose by 6 bps to 24.67% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows OUST's Return on Capital Employed at 24.67% in Q1 2026, 26.37% in Q4 2025, and 41.19% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -24.67% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -26.37% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -41.19% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -49.61% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -54.53% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -55.63% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -53.06% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -51.78% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -92.03% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -152.58% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -136.80% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -110.69% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -100.33% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -62.76% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -54.65% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -49.05% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -43.29% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -38.00% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -27.16% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -20.44% |