Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Lumen Technologies (LUMN) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 1.12% for Q1 2026, down 286.0% year-over-year from 0.6% in Q1 2025, and up 58.74% quarter-over-quarter from 2.71% in Q4 2025.
Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Lumen Technologies' Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 1.12% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 286.0% year-over-year to 1.12%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 1.12% (down 286.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 2.75%, down 428.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 1.12%, up from 2.71% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 9.55% in Q3 2022, with the low at 34.53% in Q3 2023.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 1.47% (2023), against an average of 6.64%.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed plunged 4408 bps in 2023, then jumped 3508 bps in 2025.
- Lumen Technologies' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.21% in 2022, then slumped by 14643 bps to 30.49% in 2023, then soared by 105 bps to 1.53% in 2024, then sank by 278 bps to 2.71% in 2025, then jumped by 59 bps to 1.12% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows LUMN's Return on Capital Employed at 1.12% in Q1 2026, 2.71% in Q4 2025, and 1.54% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.75% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -1.12% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -2.71% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -1.54% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -0.73% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.74% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.53% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -4.98% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -4.68% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -33.34% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -30.49% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -34.53% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -26.92% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -1.47% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.21% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 9.55% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 8.23% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.37% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.41% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.61% |