Lyft (LYFT) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026)
Lyft (LYFT) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 3.84% in Q1 2026, up 39.66% quarter-over-quarter from 6.36% in Q4 2025, and up 190.0% on a YoY basis from 1.32% in Q1 2025.
Lyft (LYFT) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Lyft's Return on Capital Employed history runs 8 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 3.84% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 190.0% year-over-year to 3.84%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 3.84% (up 190.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 6.96%, up 367.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed was 3.84% for Q1 2026 at Lyft, up from 6.36% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 1.62% in Q3 2025 to a low of 104.89% in Q1 2023.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 36.53% across 5 years, with a median of 20.84% in 2024.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed plunged 6304 bps in 2023, then jumped 8405 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 100.91% in 2022, then surged by 70 bps to 30.49% in 2023, then surged by 73 bps to 8.1% in 2024, then increased by 21 bps to 6.36% in 2025, then jumped 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.
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| 10 | Lyft | 5.64 Bn | 3.91 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% |