Lumentum Holdings (LITE) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026)

Lumentum Holdings (LITE) posted Return on Capital Employed of 11.56% for Q1 2026, up 337.09% on a QoQ basis from 2.64% in Q4 2025, and up 1999.0% year-over-year from 0.55% in Q1 2025.

Lumentum Holdings (LITE) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Lumentum Holdings' Return on Capital Employed history runs 12 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 11.56% for 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 was 11.56% for Q1 2026 at Lumentum Holdings, up from 2.64% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 17.65% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 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 sank 1504 bps — and 2026, when it surged 1999 bps.
  • Lumentum Holdings' Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.61% in 2022, then tumbled by 385 bps to 7.44% in 2023, then sank by 42 bps to 10.55% in 2024, then soared by 125 bps to 2.64% in 2025, then jumped by 337 bps to 11.56% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows LITE's Return on Capital Employed at 11.56% in Q1 2026, 2.64% in Q4 2025, and 3.15% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

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1 Cisco Systems 444.27 Bn 427.63 Bn 10.08 Bn 16.71%
2 Motorola Solutions 68.42 Bn 67.56 Bn 1.36 Bn 21.43%
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 63.57 Bn 58.72 Bn 9.10 Bn -0.78%
4 Lumentum Holdings 59.61 Bn 56.43 Bn 357.00 Mn 11.56%
5 Ciena 57.62 Bn 56.33 Bn 625.52 Mn 6.63%
6 Nokia 52.70 Bn 45.22 Bn 9.86 Bn -
7 Ubiquiti 32.00 Bn 31.63 Bn 370.71 Mn 87.31%
8 AST SpaceMobile 17.20 Bn 17.78 Bn 3.67 Mn -8.36%
9 Zebra Technologies 12.59 Bn 12.48 Bn 742.00 Mn 10.82%
10 Viasat 10.14 Bn 8.46 Bn 615.36 Mn 0.79%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%