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Lithia Motors (LAD) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Lithia Motors' Return on Capital Employed history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.09% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.09%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.09%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.09%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.09% at Lithia Motors, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.22% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.09% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.12% (2023), against an average of 0.13%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed rose 7bps in 2022 before it fell -6bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.2% in 2021, then grew by 9bps to 0.22% in 2022, then crashed by -45bps to 0.12% in 2023, then dropped by -22bps to 0.09% in 2024, then fell by -7bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LAD's Return on Capital Employed are 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.09% (Q3 2025), and 0.1% (Q2 2025).