Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)
Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) reported Return on Capital Employed of 52.52% for Q1 2026, up 4932.0% on a YoY basis from 1.04% in Q1 2025, and up 135.28% quarter-over-quarter from 22.32% in Q4 2025.
Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Ericsson Lm Telephone has reported Return on Capital Employed for 18 years, with the latest figure at 52.52% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 4932.0% year-over-year to 52.52%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 52.52% (up 4932.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 24.67%, up 2205.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 52.52%, up from 22.32% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 107.12% in Q1 2023, with the low at 14.5% in Q2 2024.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 36.71% across 5 years, with a median of 22.32% in 2025.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Capital Employed sank 11516 bps — and 2026, when it soared 4932 bps.
- Ericsson Lm Telephone's Return on Capital Employed stood at 97.42% in 2022, then slumped by 86 bps to 13.68% in 2023, then plunged by 78 bps to 2.94% in 2024, then soared by 658 bps to 22.32% in 2025, then surged by 135 bps to 52.52% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 52.52% (Q1 2026), 22.32% (Q4 2025), and 21.96% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cisco Systems | 480.96 Bn | 464.32 Bn | 10.08 Bn | 16.71% |
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| 3 | Motorola Solutions | 68.03 Bn | 67.17 Bn | 1.36 Bn | 21.43% |
| 4 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 65.63 Bn | 60.79 Bn | 8.25 Bn | -0.78% |
| 5 | Lumentum Holdings | 61.32 Bn | 58.15 Bn | 357.00 Mn | 11.56% |
| 6 | Ubiquiti | 34.34 Bn | 33.97 Bn | 370.71 Mn | 87.31% |
| 7 | AST SpaceMobile | 27.21 Bn | 27.79 Bn | -69.36 Mn | -10.70% |
| 8 | Applied Optoelectronics | 13.45 Bn | 13.01 Bn | 43.92 Mn | -1.25% |
| 9 | Zebra Technologies | 11.38 Bn | 11.26 Bn | 742.00 Mn | 10.82% |
| 10 | Ericsson Lm Telephone | 4.59 Bn | -2.33 Bn | 2.55 Bn | 52.52% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 52.52% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 22.32% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 21.96% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.20% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.94% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.23% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -14.50% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -8.04% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 13.68% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 32.50% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 59.36% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 107.12% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 97.42% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 75.56% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 83.33% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 100.22% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 17.10% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 11.62% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 4.82% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 6.62% |