Frontier Group Holdings (ULCC) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)
Frontier Group Holdings posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 7.91% for Q1 2026, down 889.0% year-on-year from 1.0% in Q1 2025, and down 157.84% on a QoQ basis from 3.07% in Q4 2025.
Frontier Group Holdings (ULCC) has 6 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 7.91% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 889.0% year-over-year to 7.91%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 7.91% (down 889.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 3.25%, down 481.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 7.91%, down from 3.07% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 5.09% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 7.91% in Q1 2026.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 1.28% (2025), against an average of 1.61%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed soared 1225 bps; it then tumbled 889 bps in 2026.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 1.6% in 2022, then jumped by 94 bps to 0.09% in 2023, then surged by 1645 bps to 1.4% in 2024, then sank by 319 bps to 3.07% in 2025, then slumped by 158 bps to 7.91% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 7.91% (Q1 2026), 3.07% (Q4 2025), and 3.4% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delta Air Lines | 53.78 Bn | 48.72 Bn | 15.19 Bn | 11.47% |
| 2 | Southwest Airlines | 21.39 Bn | 18.06 Bn | 6.21 Bn | 5.87% |
| 3 | Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V | 18.50 Bn | 17.47 Bn | -239.00 Mn | 7,568,381.22% |
| 4 | Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V | 8.98 Bn | 8.98 Bn | - | 3.51% |
| 5 | Alaska Air | 5.26 Bn | 3.49 Bn | 3.20 Bn | 1.66% |
| 6 | Skywest | 3.43 Bn | 2.80 Bn | 924.11 Mn | 10.50% |
| 7 | Copa Holdings | 3.33 Bn | 1.99 Bn | 713.71 Mn | 16.15% |
| 8 | Jetblue Airways | 2.03 Bn | -140.72 Mn | 1.87 Bn | -3.55% |
| 9 | Allegiant Travel | 1.67 Bn | 765.78 Mn | 651.87 Mn | 1.70% |
| 10 | Frontier Group Holdings | 1.39 Bn | 618.26 Mn | 724.00 Mn | -7.91% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -7.91% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -3.07% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -3.40% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -1.28% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.98% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.40% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.25% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -1.74% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -0.27% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -0.09% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.44% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.09% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.86% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -1.60% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -6.30% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -7.16% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -6.50% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -4.01% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -7.09% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -13.07% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -14.66% |