Growth Metrics

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

Lkq has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.1% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.1% for Q4 2025, down 3.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.1% (down 3.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.11%, down 2.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.1% at Lkq, down from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for LKQ hit a ceiling of 0.21% in Q4 2022 and a floor of 0.1% in Q3 2024.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.14% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.15%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: grew 7bps in 2021 and later dropped -9bps in 2023.
  • Lkq's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.18% in 2021, then rose by 17bps to 0.21% in 2022, then crashed by -41bps to 0.12% in 2023, then increased by 6bps to 0.13% in 2024, then fell by -20bps to 0.1% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.1% (Q4 2025), 0.11% (Q3 2025), and 0.12% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.