Lyft (LYFT) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026)
Lyft's quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 3.84% in Q1 2026, up 190.0% year-on-year from 1.32% in Q1 2025, and up 39.66% quarter-over-quarter from 6.36% in Q4 2025.
Lyft has reported Return on Capital Employed for 8 years, with the latest figure at 3.84% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 190.0% year-over-year to 3.84%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 3.84% (up 190.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 6.96%, up 367.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 3.84%, up from 6.36% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 1.62% in Q3 2025, with the low at 104.89% in Q1 2023.
- Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 36.53%, with a median of 20.84% recorded in 2024.
- Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed plunged 6304 bps in 2023 and soared 8405 bps in 2024.
- Tracing LYFT's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 100.91% in 2022, then soared by 70 bps to 30.49% in 2023, then soared by 73 bps to 8.1% in 2024, then rose by 21 bps to 6.36% in 2025, then surged by 40 bps to 3.84% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 3.84% (Q1 2026), 6.36% (Q4 2025), and 1.62% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 40.19% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 12.51% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 12.81% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 12.40% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 12.32% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 17.43% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 49.21% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -20.99% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 23.43% |
| 10 | Lyft | 5.49 Bn | 3.77 Bn | 1.38 Bn | -3.84% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -3.84% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -6.36% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.62% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -3.44% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -5.74% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -8.10% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -16.15% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -15.38% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -20.84% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -30.49% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -66.84% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -85.98% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -104.89% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -100.91% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -60.01% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -51.75% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -41.85% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -49.73% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -57.94% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -68.96% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -75.71% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -65.78% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -57.01% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -51.98% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -63.62% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -82.85% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | -77.59% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | -100.92% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | -108.05% |