Liberty Global (LBTYA) Return on Capital Employed (2013 - 2026)
Liberty Global's (LBTYA) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 0.46% in Q2 2026, down 80.0% YoY from 2.29% in Q2 2025, and down 47.71% on a QoQ basis from 0.31% in Q1 2026.
Liberty Global (LBTYA) Return on Capital Employed (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Liberty Global (LBTYA) has 14 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 0.46% in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 80.0% year-over-year to 0.46% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.46% (down 80.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.11%, changed N/A from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed declined to 0.46% in Q2 2026, from 0.31% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 1.71% in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.92% in Q1 2024.
- A 5-year average of 0.04% and a median of 0.08% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed slumped 429 bps — and 2025, when it jumped 119 bps.
- Tracing LBTYA's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 0.32% in 2022, then slumped by 357 bps to 0.82% in 2023, then jumped by 76 bps to 0.2% in 2024, then soared by 43 bps to 0.11% in 2025, then slumped by 309 bps to 0.46% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.46% (Q2 2026), 0.31% (Q1 2026), and 0.11% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -0.46% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -0.31% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -0.11% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.15% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.34% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.06% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -0.20% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -0.50% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -0.85% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -0.92% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -0.82% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.56% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -0.06% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.16% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.32% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.68% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.64% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.71% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.42% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.27% |