Urban One (UONEK) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2026)
Urban One (UONEK) reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -32.91% for Q2 2026, down 10.02 percentage points from -22.89% a year earlier.
Urban One (UONEK) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Urban One posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -25.26%, down 16.58 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined for four consecutive years, with a five-year change of -25.74 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at -8.69% in FY2024 (-7.00 pp), -1.68% in FY2023 (-7.42 pp), 5.74% in FY2022 (-2.21 pp) and 7.95% in FY2021 (+7.48 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in data going back to Q3 2011.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in five years was Q3 2021 (a gain of 11.20 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2025 (a drop of 20.11 percentage points).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -32.91% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -29.87% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -20.80% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -22.89% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -11.83% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -9.76% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -6.79% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -8.31% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -1.78% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -1.75% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -1.73% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.20% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.77% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.85% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.03% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 7.97% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.55% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.81% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 11.80% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 9.31% |
Urban One Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=UONEK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "UONEK", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=UONEK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();