Viasat (VSAT) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Viasat's (VSAT) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 0.79% in Q1 2026, up 149.0% year-on-year from 0.32% in Q1 2025, and up 336.88% on a QoQ basis 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 0.79% in Q1 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 149.0% year-over-year to 0.79% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.79%, a 149.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 0.77%, up 146.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 0.79%, up from 0.33% in the prior quarter.
- Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for VSAT reached as high as 0.79% in Q1 2026 and fell as low as 6.22% in Q4 2023.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 2.17% across 5 years, with a median of 1.56% in 2022.
- On a YoY basis, Return on Capital Employed climbed as much as 659 bps in 2024 and fell as far as 397 bps in 2024.
- Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.27% in 2022, then plunged by 174 bps to 6.22% in 2023, then soared by 106 bps to 0.37% in 2024, then slumped by 188 bps to 0.33% in 2025, then soared by 337 bps to 0.79% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 0.79% in Q1 2026, 0.33% in Q4 2025, and 0.37% in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cisco Systems | 449.01 Bn | 432.37 Bn | 10.08 Bn | 16.71% |
| 2 | Motorola Solutions | 69.69 Bn | 68.80 Bn | 1.36 Bn | 21.43% |
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| 4 | Ciena | 52.47 Bn | 51.17 Bn | 625.52 Mn | 6.63% |
| 5 | Lumentum Holdings | 51.32 Bn | 48.15 Bn | 357.00 Mn | 11.56% |
| 6 | Nokia | 49.07 Bn | 41.76 Bn | 9.86 Bn | - |
| 7 | Ubiquiti | 32.09 Bn | 31.72 Bn | 370.71 Mn | 87.31% |
| 8 | Ericsson Lm Telephone | 31.82 Bn | 26.14 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 21.27% |
| 9 | AST SpaceMobile | 16.70 Bn | 16.70 Bn | 3.67 Mn | -8.36% |
| 10 | Viasat | 9.99 Bn | 8.24 Bn | 615.36 Mn | 0.79% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.79% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -0.33% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -0.37% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -0.79% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -0.70% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.37% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -0.06% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -5.21% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -5.86% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -6.22% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -5.96% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -1.24% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -2.47% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -2.27% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -2.27% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -2.77% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -1.56% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -2.13% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -1.17% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -0.49% |