Lithia Motors (LAD) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Lithia Motors (LAD) posted Return on Capital Employed of 8.85% for Q1 2026, up 0.5% sequentially from 8.8% in Q4 2025, and down 94.0% YoY from 147.44% in Q1 2025.
Lithia Motors (LAD) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Lithia Motors (LAD) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 8.85% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 94.0% year-over-year to 8.85% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.85% (down 94.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 9.16%, down 142.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed improved to 8.85% in Q1 2026 per LAD's latest filing, from 8.8% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 21.97% in Q1 2022, with the low at 8.8% in Q4 2025.
- Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 12.86%, with a median of 11.56% recorded in 2024.
- Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed jumped 663 bps in 2022 and slumped 657 bps in 2023.
- Lithia Motors' Return on Capital Employed stood at 17.08% in 2022, then dropped by 29 bps to 12.07% in 2023, then fell by 22 bps to 9.43% in 2024, then declined by 7 bps to 8.8% in 2025, then rose by 1 bps to 8.85% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows LAD's Return on Capital Employed at 8.85% in Q1 2026, 8.8% in Q4 2025, and 9.35% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.85% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.80% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9.35% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.62% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 9.79% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 9.43% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.23% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.04% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.56% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 12.07% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 12.65% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 13.61% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 15.41% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 17.08% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 19.03% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 20.18% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 21.97% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 20.09% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 17.51% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 17.56% |