Lumentum Holdings (LITE) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026)
Lumentum Holdings' (LITE) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 11.56% in Q1 2026, up 1999.0% YoY from 0.55% in Q1 2025, and up 337.09% on a QoQ basis from 2.64% in Q4 2025.
Lumentum Holdings (LITE) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Lumentum Holdings (LITE) has 12 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 11.56% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 1999.0% year-over-year to 11.56% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.56% (up 1999.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 4.89%, up 592.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed advanced to 11.56% in Q1 2026, from 2.64% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 17.65% in Q1 2022 to a low of 11.95% in Q3 2024.
- A 5-year average of 0.92% and a median of 3.07% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed slumped 1504 bps — and 2026, when it surged 1999 bps.
- Tracing LITE's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 2.61% in 2022, then sank by 385 bps to 7.44% in 2023, then tumbled by 42 bps to 10.55% in 2024, then jumped by 125 bps to 2.64% in 2025, then surged by 337 bps to 11.56% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 11.56% (Q1 2026), 2.64% (Q4 2025), and 3.15% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2026 | 11.56% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 2.64% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | -3.15% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | -4.86% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | -8.43% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | -10.55% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | -11.95% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | -11.42% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | -8.67% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | -7.44% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -5.26% |
| Jul 1, 2023 | -3.00% |
| Apr 1, 2023 | -0.12% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.61% |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 5.79% |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 8.84% |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 9.14% |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 17.65% |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 18.60% |
| Jul 3, 2021 | 17.66% |