Lamar Advertising (LAMR) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Lamar Advertising (LAMR) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 11.78% for Q1 2026, up 155.0% year-over-year from 4.62% in Q1 2025, and down 7.42% quarter-over-quarter from 12.72% in Q4 2025.
Lamar Advertising (LAMR) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Lamar Advertising (LAMR) has reported Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 11.78% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 155.0% year-over-year to 11.78%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 11.78% (up 155.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 12.98%, up 380.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed declined to 11.78% in Q1 2026 per LAMR's latest filing, from 12.72% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 12.72% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 9.21% in Q4 2024.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 10.86% across 5 years, with a median of 10.37% in 2022.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Capital Employed plunged 232 bps — and 2025, when it soared 351 bps.
- Lamar Advertising's Return on Capital Employed stood at 10.23% in 2022, then increased by 13 bps to 11.54% in 2023, then dropped by 20 bps to 9.21% in 2024, then surged by 38 bps to 12.72% in 2025, then decreased by 7 bps to 11.78% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows LAMR's Return on Capital Employed at 11.78% in Q1 2026, 12.72% in Q4 2025, and 10.15% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 11.78% |
| 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% |