Growth Metrics

Lithium (LTUM) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2025)

Lithium (LTUM) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 11 consecutive years, with 1.53% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 69.0% to 1.53% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 1.53% through Dec 2025, down 69.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.98% for FY2025, 39.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 1.53% in Q4 2025 for Lithium, down from 1.27% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.2% in Q1 2022 to a low of 3.82% in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.9% across 5 years, with a median of 0.67% in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: crashed -306bps in 2021 and later skyrocketed 363bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.22% in 2021, then surged by 50bps to 0.61% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 46bps to 0.33% in 2023, then tumbled by -156bps to 0.84% in 2024, then tumbled by -82bps to 1.53% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for LTUM at 1.53% in Q4 2025, 1.27% in Q3 2025, and 1.08% in Q2 2025.