Lithia Motors (LAD) Return on Invested Capital (2011 - 2026)
Lithia Motors (LAD) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.04% for Q2 2026, down 7.3% sequentially from 0.04% in Q1 2026, and up 1.0% YoY from 0.04% in Q2 2025.
Lithia Motors (LAD) Return on Invested Capital (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Lithia Motors has reported Return on Invested Capital for 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.04% in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.04% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.04% (up 1.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.09%, up 1.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Invested Capital slipped to 0.04% in Q2 2026 per LAD's latest filing, from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.07% in Q3 2023 and troughed at 0.01% in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of 0.03% and a median of 0.03% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Invested Capital climbed 5 bps in 2023, then decreased 4 bps in 2024.
- Over 5 years, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.02% in 2022, then soared by 188 bps to 0.06% in 2023, then slumped by 59 bps to 0.03% in 2024, then jumped by 35 bps to 0.04% in 2025, then rose by 1 bps to 0.04% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods registered 0.04%, 0.04%, and 0.04% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.04% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.04% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.04% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.03% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.03% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.03% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.03% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.03% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.04% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.05% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.06% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.07% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.05% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.03% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.02% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.02% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.01% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.01% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.01% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.01% |