Liberty Global (LBTYK) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2013 - 2026)
Liberty Global's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -0.40% for Q3 2026, down 0.54 percentage points from 0.15% a year earlier but up 0.06 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Liberty Global (LBTYK) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Liberty Global's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -0.11%, up 0.08 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] carries a five-year change of -4.21 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -0.20% in FY2024 (+0.63 pp), -0.82% in FY2023 (-1.09 pp), 0.27% in FY2022 (-2.43 pp) and 2.70% in FY2021 (-1.40 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] is -0.92% (Q1 2024) to 3.09% (Q4 2021).
- Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.23 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years came in Q2 2025 (a gain of 1.19 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2022 (a drop of 4.29 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows LBTYK's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at -0.46% (Q2 2026), -0.31% (Q1 2026) and -0.11% (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -0.40% |
| 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 | 0.18% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.28% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.68% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.64% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.84% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.09% |
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Liberty Global Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=LBTYK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "LBTYK", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=LBTYK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();