Growth Metrics

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

Lkq has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.08% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.08% for Q4 2025, down 1.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.08% (down 1.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.08%, down 1.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.08% at Lkq, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for LKQ hit a ceiling of 0.17% in Q4 2022 and a floor of 0.07% in Q3 2024.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.12% (2021), compared with a mean of 0.12%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: rose 5bps in 2021 and later decreased -8bps in 2024.
  • Lkq's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.14% in 2021, then increased by 16bps to 0.17% in 2022, then tumbled by -45bps to 0.09% in 2023, then grew by 6bps to 0.1% in 2024, then fell by -12bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.08% (Q4 2025), 0.09% (Q3 2025), and 0.09% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.