Growth Metrics

Lam Research (LRCX) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Lam Research (LRCX) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on record, last reported at 0.45% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 12.0% year-over-year to 0.45%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.45%, up 12.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.44%, 14.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.45% in Q4 2025 per LRCX's latest filing, up from 0.43% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.45% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.27% in Q4 2023.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.37%, with a median of 0.38% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: increased 13bps in 2021, then fell -15bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.43% in 2021, then fell by -1bps to 0.42% in 2022, then tumbled by -36bps to 0.27% in 2023, then rose by 24bps to 0.33% in 2024, then soared by 35bps to 0.45% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Capital Employed were 0.45% in Q4 2025, 0.43% in Q3 2025, and 0.42% in Q2 2025.