Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Lumen Technologies' Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 1.12% for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 286.0% year-over-year to 1.12% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 1.12%, a 286.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 2.75%, down 428.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed rose to 1.12% in Q1 2026 per LUMN's latest filing, from 2.71% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 9.55% in Q3 2022 and bottomed 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%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed sank 4408 bps in 2023 and jumped 3508 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.21% in 2022, then sank by 14643 bps to 30.49% in 2023, then jumped by 105 bps to 1.53% in 2024, then plunged by 278 bps to 2.71% in 2025, then surged by 59 bps to 1.12% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest LUMN Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 1.12% (Q1 2026), 2.71% (Q4 2025), and 1.54% (Q3 2025).