Growth Metrics

Lamar Advertising (LAMR) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Lamar Advertising (LAMR) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 14 consecutive years, with 0.19% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital fell 18.0% to 0.19% in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was 0.19%, a 18.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.46%, changed N/A from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.19% for Q3 2025 at Lamar Advertising, down from 0.37% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.55% in Q2 2024 to a low of 0.08% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.22% and a median of 0.21% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: increased 26bps in 2024, then fell -18bps in 2025.
  • Lamar Advertising's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.13% in 2021, then surged by 62bps to 0.21% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 36bps to 0.29% in 2023, then increased by 26bps to 0.37% in 2024, then tumbled by -49bps to 0.19% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LAMR's Return on Invested Capital are 0.19% (Q3 2025), 0.37% (Q3 2024), and 0.55% (Q2 2024).