Urban One (UONE) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026)
Urban One (UONE) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -37.29% for Q2 2026, down 16.97 percentage points from -20.32% a year earlier.
Urban One (UONE) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Urban One's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -24.63%, down 16.79 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for four consecutive years, with a five-year change of -27.47 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Urban One's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -7.84% in FY2024 (-5.09 pp), -2.76% in FY2023 (-10.32 pp), 7.57% in FY2022 (-2.51 pp) and 10.08% in FY2021 (+7.25 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to Q3 2011.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was Q3 2021, with a gain of 9.92 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2025, with a drop of 20.33 percentage points.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn | -1.56% |
| 2 | Fox | 29.42 Bn | 15.33 Bn | - | 11.70% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 22.66 Bn | 5.36 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 4.52% |
| 4 | News | 17.30 Bn | 9.49 Bn | - | 8.19% |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.70 Bn | 8.83 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.14 Bn | 8.63 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 20.89% |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.28 Bn | 8.86 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 6.68% |
| 8 | Skydance | 7.66 Bn | 5.58 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Wpp | 5.77 Bn | -6.03 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Urban One | 18.24 Mn | -184.78 Mn | 55.98 Mn | -37.29% |
Historic 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 | 7.56% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 8.19% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.36% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 10.34% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.62% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 10.76% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 8.64% |
Urban One Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=UONE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "UONE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=UONE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();