Growth Metrics

Ouster (OUST) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)

Ouster has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 6 years, most recently at 26.37% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 2926.0% to 26.37% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 26.37% through Dec 2025, up 2926.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 30.6% for FY2025, 1569.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 26.37% for Q4 2025 at Ouster, up from 41.19% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 20.44% in Q2 2021 and troughed at 152.58% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 52.42% (2024), against an average of 62.41%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed plummeted -8982bps in 2023 and then surged 9694bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 38.0% in 2021, then crashed by -65bps to 62.76% in 2022, then plummeted by -143bps to 152.58% in 2023, then soared by 64bps to 55.63% in 2024, then soared by 53bps to 26.37% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for OUST's Return on Capital Employed are 26.37% (Q4 2025), 41.19% (Q3 2025), and 49.61% (Q2 2025).