Growth Metrics

Lkq (LKQ) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Lkq (LKQ) has 14 years of Return on Capital Employed data on record, last reported at 0.09% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.09%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.09%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.12%, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.09% in Q4 2025 per LKQ's latest filing, up from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.17% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.09% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.12%, with a median of 0.12% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: grew 5bps in 2021, then decreased -6bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.14% in 2021, then grew by 16bps to 0.17% in 2022, then tumbled by -32bps to 0.11% in 2023, then decreased by -17bps to 0.09% in 2024, then fell by -2bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Capital Employed were 0.09% in Q4 2025, 0.09% in Q3 2025, and 0.09% in Q2 2025.