Growth Metrics

Semtech (SMTC) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Semtech has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.03% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.03% for Q1 2026, down 2.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.03% (down 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 0.03%, down 2.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 was 0.03% at Semtech, down from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for SMTC hit a ceiling of 0.19% in Q3 2022 and a floor of 0.81% in Q2 2024.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.04% (2025), compared with a mean of 0.11%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: plummeted -82bps in 2024 and later surged 88bps in 2025.
  • Semtech's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.16% in 2022, then crashed by -229bps to 0.21% in 2023, then crashed by -151bps to 0.52% in 2024, then surged by 112bps to 0.06% in 2025, then tumbled by -54bps to 0.03% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.03% (Q1 2026), 0.06% (Q4 2025), and 0.05% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.