Growth Metrics

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

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DateValue
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%