Urban One (UONE) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Urban One's (UONE) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 29.33% in Q4 2025, down 2033.0% YoY from 1.52% in Q4 2024, and down 58.64% on a QoQ basis from 18.49% in Q3 2025.
Urban One (UONE) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Urban One (UONE) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 29.33% in Q4 2025.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 2033.0% year-over-year to 29.33% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 29.33% (down 2033.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 24.63%, down 1679.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed retreated to 29.33% in Q4 2025, from 18.49% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 10.76% in Q3 2021 to a low of 29.33% in Q4 2025.
- A 5-year average of 1.68% and a median of 0.82% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Return on Capital Employed soared 992 bps — and 2025, when it sank 2033 bps.
- Tracing UONE's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 8.88% in 2021, then declined by 23 bps to 6.81% in 2022, then slumped by 143 bps to 2.95% in 2023, then sank by 205 bps to 9.0% in 2024, then sank by 226 bps to 29.33% in 2025.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 29.33% (Q4 2025), 18.49% (Q3 2025), and 20.32% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -37.29% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -29.33% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -18.49% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -20.32% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -10.42% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -9.00% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -7.52% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -10.08% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -2.54% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -2.95% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -2.40% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.04% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.22% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.81% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 8.19% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.36% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 10.34% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.88% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 10.76% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 8.64% |