Lear (LEA) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Lear (LEA) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 9.74% in Q2 2026, up 14.09% quarter-over-quarter from 8.54% in Q4 2025, and down 102.0% on a YoY basis from 486.98% in Q2 2025.

Lear (LEA) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Lear's Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 9.74% for Q2 2026.

  • In Q2 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 102.0% year-over-year to 9.74%; the TTM figure through Apr 2026 stood at 9.74% (down 102.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 9.09%, down 142.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 9.74% for Q2 2026 at Lear, up from 8.54% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 11.08% in Q4 2023 to a low of 5.96% in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 9.56% across 5 years, with a median of 10.07% in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed tumbled 757 bps in 2022, then surged 469 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 8.65% in 2022, then gained by 28 bps to 11.08% in 2023, then decreased by 6 bps to 10.44% in 2024, then declined by 18 bps to 8.54% in 2025, then grew by 14 bps to 9.74% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 9.74% (Q2 2026), 8.54% (Q4 2025), and 9.23% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 O Reilly Automotive 76.00 Bn 75.75 Bn 2.35 Bn 47.39%
2 Autozone 51.46 Bn 51.20 Bn 2.52 Bn 33.85%
3 Modine Manufacturing 15.07 Bn 14.98 Bn 186.10 Mn 17.03%
4 Borgwarner 14.88 Bn 15.05 Bn 677.00 Mn 6.02%
5 Genuine Parts 14.73 Bn 14.25 Bn 2.34 Bn 8.77%
6 Aptiv 13.96 Bn 10.89 Bn 920.00 Mn 5.79%
7 Aurora Innovation 11.93 Bn 10.71 Bn -5.00 Mn -43.85%
8 Magna International 10.79 Bn 9.60 Bn 1.42 Bn 12.50%
9 Allison Transmission Holdings 10.06 Bn 9.75 Bn 406.00 Mn 13.44%
10 Lear 7.22 Bn 6.52 Bn 450.30 Mn 9.74%

Historic Data

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Apr 4, 2026 9.74%
Dec 31, 2025 8.54%
Sep 27, 2025 9.23%
Jun 28, 2025 10.07%
Mar 29, 2025 10.76%
Dec 31, 2024 10.44%
Sep 28, 2024 10.71%
Jun 29, 2024 10.64%
Mar 30, 2024 10.79%
Dec 31, 2023 11.08%
Sep 30, 2023 10.69%
Jul 1, 2023 10.65%
Apr 1, 2023 9.83%
Dec 31, 2022 8.65%
Oct 1, 2022 8.04%
Jul 2, 2022 5.96%
Apr 2, 2022 6.73%
Dec 31, 2021 8.87%
Oct 2, 2021 11.34%
Jul 3, 2021 13.53%