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Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Lumen Technologies has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 2.71% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 424.0% year-over-year to 2.71%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 2.71%, down 424.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 2.75%, 428.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 2.71% at Lumen Technologies, down from 1.54% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 9.55% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 34.53% in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 4.84% and a median of 0.26% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: crashed -4408bps in 2023 and later surged 3508bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 8.41% in 2021, then tumbled by -98bps to 0.21% in 2022, then plummeted by -14643bps to 30.49% in 2023, then soared by 105bps to 1.53% in 2024, then crashed by -278bps to 2.71% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for LUMN at 2.71% in Q4 2025, 1.54% in Q3 2025, and 0.73% in Q2 2025.