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Lockheed Martin (LMT) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Lockheed Martin has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.21% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.21% for Q4 2025, up 2.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.21% (up 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.22%, up 2.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.21% at Lockheed Martin, up from 0.17% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for LMT hit a ceiling of 0.25% in Q1 2022 and a floor of 0.17% in Q3 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.23% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.22%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: rose 2bps in 2024 and later dropped -6bps in 2025.
  • Lockheed Martin's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.24% in 2021, then decreased by -7bps to 0.23% in 2022, then fell by -1bps to 0.23% in 2023, then fell by -14bps to 0.19% in 2024, then increased by 9bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.21% (Q4 2025), 0.17% (Q3 2025), and 0.18% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.