Growth Metrics

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

Lkq (LKQ) has 16 years of Return on Invested Capital data on record, last reported at 0.15% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 3.0% year-over-year to 0.15%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.15%, up 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.16%, 4.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.15% in Q4 2025 per LKQ's latest filing, up from 0.14% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.21% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.12% in Q2 2025.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.16%, with a median of 0.15% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: increased 7bps in 2021, then dropped -7bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.18% in 2021, then rose by 20bps to 0.21% in 2022, then decreased by -29bps to 0.15% in 2023, then decreased by -20bps to 0.12% in 2024, then rose by 23bps to 0.15% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Invested Capital were 0.15% in Q4 2025, 0.14% in Q3 2025, and 0.12% in Q2 2025.