Lithium Argentina AG (LAR) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2025)
Lithium Argentina AG's (LAR) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 4.57% in Q4 2025, down 255.0% YoY from 2.95% in Q4 2024, and down 126.7% on a QoQ basis from 2.02% in Q4 2024.
Lithium Argentina AG (LAR) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Lithium Argentina AG (LAR) has 7 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 4.57% in Q4 2025.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 255.0% year-over-year to 4.57% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 4.57% (down 255.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 13.24%, up 384.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed eased to 4.57% in Q4 2025, from 2.02% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.52% in Q4 2023 to a low of 6.85% in Q4 2021.
- A 4-year average of 3.22% and a median of 3.18% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Return on Capital Employed soared 605 bps — and 2025, when it plunged 255 bps.
- Tracing LAR's Return on Capital Employed over 4 years: stood at 6.85% in 2021, then jumped by 108 bps to 0.52% in 2023, then plunged by 484 bps to 2.02% in 2024, then plunged by 127 bps to 4.57% in 2025.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 4.57% (Q4 2025), 2.02% (Q4 2024), and 3.18% (Q3 2024), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -4.57% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -2.02% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -3.18% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.52% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -6.85% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -12.90% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -5.29% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | -28.05% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | -26.00% |