LPL Financial Holdings LPLA
NASDAQ LPLA
$316.44 +4.29 (+1.37%)
At close: Oct 2, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2021)

Updated

LPL Financial Holdings' Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 29.69% in Q3 2021, down 6.47 percentage points from 36.16% a year earlier and down 0.80 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2021) Analysis & Trends

For FY2020, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] at LPL Financial Holdings came in at 40.39%, down 13.51 percentage points from FY2019.

  • Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] shows a five-year change of +23.97 percentage points (FY2015 to FY2020).
  • In earlier years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 53.90% in FY2019 (+16.50 pp), 37.40% in FY2018 (+15.39 pp), 22.01% in FY2017 (+2.06 pp) and 19.95% in FY2016 (+3.53 pp).
  • The Q3 2021 figure marks the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since Q2 2018.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined for six straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -5.78 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] over five years was Q1 2019 (a gain of 17.11 percentage points); the worst was Q1 2021 (a drop of 16.35 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, LPLA's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the three quarters before Q3 2021 was 30.50% (Q2 2021), 30.26% (Q1 2021) and 32.85% (Q4 2020).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Robinhood Markets 101.35 Bn 82.45 Bn - -
2 Bank of New York Mellon 98.65 Bn 38.02 Bn - 44.74%
3 Cme 94.54 Bn 94.54 Bn - 11.27%
4 Intercontinental Exchange 84.23 Bn 78.04 Bn - 8.46%
5 Nasdaq 50.77 Bn 48.20 Bn 1.50 Bn 9.98%
6 State Street 48.31 Bn 48.31 Bn - -
7 Interactive Brokers 39.79 Bn 33.24 Bn - 41.23%
8 Northern Trust 31.37 Bn 31.37 Bn - 31.71%
9 Cboe Global Markets 28.34 Bn 20.00 Bn 731.60 Mn 18.08%
10 LPL Financial Holdings 24.92 Bn 20.24 Bn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2021 29.69%
Jun 30, 2021 30.50%
Mar 31, 2021 30.26%
Dec 31, 2020 32.85%
Sep 30, 2020 36.16%
Jun 30, 2020 41.68%
Mar 31, 2020 46.61%
Dec 31, 2019 46.58%
Sep 30, 2019 46.69%
Jun 30, 2019 43.96%
Mar 31, 2019 41.87%
Dec 31, 2018 37.02%
Sep 30, 2018 32.82%
Jun 30, 2018 29.01%
Mar 31, 2018 24.75%
Dec 31, 2017 21.28%
Sep 30, 2017 20.26%
Jun 30, 2017 20.31%
Mar 31, 2017 18.53%
Dec 31, 2016 19.46%
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