Lamar Advertising (LAMR) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2025)

Lamar Advertising (LAMR) reported Return on Capital Employed of 12.72% for Q4 2025, up 351.0% year-over-year from 2.82% in Q4 2024, and up 25.31% quarter-over-quarter from 10.15% in Q3 2025.

Lamar Advertising (LAMR) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Lamar Advertising (LAMR) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 12.72% in Q4 2025.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 came in at 12.72%, up 351.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 12.72% (up 351.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 12.98%, up 380.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed climbed to 12.72% in Q4 2025 per LAMR's latest filing, from 10.15% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 12.72% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 7.73% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 10.49% and a median of 10.19% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed plunged 232 bps in 2024, then soared 351 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 9.89% in 2021, then advanced by 3 bps to 10.23% in 2022, then grew by 13 bps to 11.54% in 2023, then slipped by 20 bps to 9.21% in 2024, then jumped by 38 bps to 12.72% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows LAMR's Return on Capital Employed at 12.72% in Q4 2025, 10.15% in Q3 2025, and 10.5% in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Equinix 104.53 Bn 101.50 Bn 2.20 Bn 5.47%
2 American Tower 86.20 Bn 92.70 Bn 2.70 Bn 9.03%
3 Digital Realty Trust 63.76 Bn 62.92 Bn - -
4 Crown Castle 38.57 Bn 38.52 Bn 984.00 Mn 7.55%
5 Iron Mountain 37.41 Bn 37.43 Bn 1.05 Bn 7.00%
6 Sba Communications 20.70 Bn 20.79 Bn 532.10 Mn 16.27%
7 Weyerhaeuser 17.74 Bn 17.44 Bn 318.00 Mn 5.17%
8 Lamar Advertising 15.68 Bn 15.63 Bn 403.56 Mn 12.72%
9 Gaming & Leisure Properties 13.22 Bn 13.62 Bn - -
10 OUTFRONT Media 5.51 Bn 5.47 Bn 202.10 Mn 7.01%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 12.72%
Sep 30, 2025 10.15%
Jun 30, 2025 10.50%
Mar 31, 2025 10.23%
Dec 31, 2024 9.21%
Sep 30, 2024 11.82%
Jun 30, 2024 12.55%
Mar 31, 2024 12.27%
Dec 31, 2023 11.54%
Sep 30, 2023 10.14%
Jun 30, 2023 10.14%
Mar 31, 2023 9.94%
Dec 31, 2022 10.23%
Sep 30, 2022 10.96%
Jun 30, 2022 10.37%
Mar 31, 2022 10.05%
Dec 31, 2021 9.89%
Sep 30, 2021 9.93%
Jun 30, 2021 9.44%
Mar 31, 2021 7.73%