Viasat (VSAT) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Viasat (VSAT) reported Return on Capital Employed of 0.16% for Q1 2026, up 86.0% year-over-year from 0.09% in Q1 2025, and up 148.22% quarter-over-quarter from 0.33% in Q4 2025.
Viasat (VSAT) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Viasat (VSAT) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 0.16% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 0.16%, up 86.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.16% (up 86.0% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 0.16%, up 84.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed advanced to 0.16% in Q1 2026 per VSAT's latest filing, from 0.33% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 4.71% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 6.22% in Q4 2023.
- A 5-year average of 0.83% and a median of 0.79% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed plunged 540 bps in 2023, then soared 1083 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.82% in 2022, then tumbled by 656 bps to 6.22% in 2023, then jumped by 174 bps to 4.61% in 2024, then sank by 107 bps to 0.33% in 2025, then jumped by 148 bps to 0.16% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows VSAT's Return on Capital Employed at 0.16% in Q1 2026, 0.33% in Q4 2025, and 0.37% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.16% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -0.33% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -0.37% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -0.79% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -0.70% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.61% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.71% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -0.99% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -1.65% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -6.22% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -5.96% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -1.24% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -2.47% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.82% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.79% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -1.30% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.02% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -2.13% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -1.17% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -0.49% |