Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. \De\ (LFCR) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2025)
Lifecore Biomedical (LFCR) recorded Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -8.28% in fiscal Q4 2025 (quarter ended May 25, 2025), down 4.09 percentage points from -4.19% a year earlier but up 1.20 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. \De\ (LFCR) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended May 25, 2025), Lifecore Biomedical reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -7.97%, down 3.85 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of +2.73 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -4.12% in FY2024 (+5.58 pp), -9.69% in FY2023 (-4.12 pp), -5.57% in FY2022 (-2.59 pp) and -2.98% in FY2021 (+7.71 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has ranged from -27.50% in fiscal Q2 2023 to -2.28% in fiscal Q2 2022 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] rose in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +3.73 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the last five years was a gain of 16.17 percentage points in fiscal Q2 2024, against a drop of 25.22 percentage points in fiscal Q2 2023 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at -9.48% (Q3 2025), -5.69% (Q2 2025) and -5.63% (Q1 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 25, 2025 | -8.28% |
| Feb 23, 2025 | -9.48% |
| Nov 24, 2024 | -5.69% |
| Aug 25, 2024 | -5.63% |
| May 26, 2024 | -4.19% |
| Feb 25, 2024 | -8.43% |
| Nov 26, 2023 | -11.32% |
| Aug 27, 2023 | -12.67% |
| May 28, 2023 | -10.59% |
| Feb 26, 2023 | -8.07% |
| Nov 27, 2022 | -27.50% |
| Aug 28, 2022 | -12.78% |
| May 29, 2022 | -10.32% |
| Feb 27, 2022 | -5.95% |
| Nov 28, 2021 | -2.28% |
| Aug 29, 2021 | -2.55% |
| May 30, 2021 | -3.92% |
| Feb 28, 2021 | -2.55% |
| Nov 29, 2020 | -7.56% |
| Aug 30, 2020 | -13.12% |
Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. \De\ Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "LFCR", "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=LFCR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();