Liberty Global (LBTYK) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2013 - 2026)
Liberty Global (LBTYK) posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -0.34% for Q3 2026, down 0.48 percentage points from 0.14% a year earlier but up 0.14 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Liberty Global (LBTYK) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Liberty Global's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at -0.11%, up 0.13 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] shows a five-year change of -5.38 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Liberty Global's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was -0.24% in FY2024 (+0.57 pp), -0.81% in FY2023 (-0.96 pp), 0.14% in FY2022 (-3.05 pp) and 3.19% in FY2021 (-2.07 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has run from a low of -1.11% in Q1 2024 to a high of 2.76% in Q4 2021 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.28 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the past five years was Q2 2025, with a gain of 1.23 percentage points; the weakest was Q1 2022, with a drop of 6.82 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] for the three prior quarters was -0.48% (Q2 2026), -0.33% (Q1 2026) and -0.12% (Q4 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -0.34% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -0.48% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -0.33% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -0.12% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.14% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.32% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.02% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -0.21% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -0.54% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -0.92% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -1.11% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -0.98% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.61% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -0.06% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.16% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.17% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.70% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.66% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.66% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.76% |
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Liberty Global Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=LBTYK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=LBTYK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();