Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. \De\ (LFCR) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2025)
Lifecore Biomedical's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at -13.55% for fiscal Q4 2025 (quarter ended May 25, 2025), down 5.93 percentage points from -7.62% a year earlier but up 2.58 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. \De\ (LFCR) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended May 25, 2025), Lifecore Biomedical's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was -14.30%, down 5.33 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] carries a five-year change of -9.78 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was -8.96% in FY2024 (+7.39 pp), -16.35% in FY2023 (-13.32 pp), -3.03% in FY2022 (-1.31 pp) and -1.73% in FY2021 (+2.79 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] is -34.82% (fiscal Q1 2024) to -1.14% (fiscal Q2 2022).
- Year-over-year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.23 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] over five years came in fiscal Q1 2025 (a gain of 23.97 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q1 2024 (a drop of 29.31 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows LFCR's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] at -16.13% (Q3 2025), -10.73% (Q2 2025) and -10.84% (Q1 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2025.
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 25, 2025 | -13.55% |
| Feb 23, 2025 | -16.13% |
| Nov 24, 2024 | -10.73% |
| Aug 25, 2024 | -10.84% |
| May 26, 2024 | -7.62% |
| Feb 25, 2024 | -16.86% |
| Nov 26, 2023 | -27.44% |
| Aug 27, 2023 | -34.82% |
| May 28, 2023 | -20.32% |
| Feb 26, 2023 | -10.04% |
| Nov 27, 2022 | -9.48% |
| Aug 28, 2022 | -4.47% |
| May 29, 2022 | -4.09% |
| Feb 27, 2022 | -4.18% |
| Nov 28, 2021 | -1.14% |
| Aug 29, 2021 | -1.93% |
| May 30, 2021 | -2.98% |
| Feb 28, 2021 | -1.78% |
| Nov 29, 2020 | -4.57% |
| Aug 30, 2020 | -5.59% |
Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. \De\ Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=LFCR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();