Loews (L) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2020)

Loews (L) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 2.5% for Q4 2020, up 25.0% year-over-year from 2.0% in Q1 2020, and up 11.29% on a QoQ basis from 2.25% in Q4 2019.

Loews (L) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2020) Analysis & Trends

Loews has reported Return on Capital Employed for 8 years, with the latest figure at 2.5% in Q4 2020.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2020 came in at 2.5%, up 25.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2020 was 2.5% (up 25.0% YoY), and the FY2020 annual result was 2.46%, down 48.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed improved to 2.5% in Q4 2020, from 2.25% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 2.5% in Q4 2020 and troughed at 5.97% in Q4 2016.
  • A 3-year average of 0.41% and a median of 2.25% in 2019 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2016, when Return on Capital Employed jumped 75 bps; it then climbed 25 bps in 2020.
  • A 3-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 5.97% in 2016, then surged by 138 bps to 2.25% in 2019, then rose by 11 bps to 2.5% in 2020.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 2.5% in Q4 2020, 2.25% in Q4 2019, and 5.97% in Q4 2016.
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Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2020 2.50%
Dec 31, 2019 2.25%
Dec 31, 2016 -10.52%
Dec 31, 2015 -7.67%
Dec 31, 2014 27.12%
Dec 31, 2013 -9.47%
Dec 31, 2012 19.53%
Dec 31, 2011 22.82%