Growth Metrics

Li Auto (LI) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2025)

Li Auto has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 6 years, most recently at 0.6% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 832.0% year-over-year to 0.6%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.6%, down 832.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.56%, 875.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.6% at Li Auto, down from 3.74% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 12.75% in Q4 2023 and troughed at 6.79% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 2.06% and a median of 0.54% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: soared 1954bps in 2023 and later tumbled -832bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.08% in 2021, then crashed by -226bps to 6.79% in 2022, then surged by 288bps to 12.75% in 2023, then crashed by -39bps to 7.72% in 2024, then crashed by -108bps to 0.6% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for LI at 0.6% in Q4 2025, 3.74% in Q3 2025, and 9.22% in Q2 2025.