Frontier Group Holdings (ULCC) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)
Frontier Group Holdings (ULCC) posted Return on Capital Employed of 7.91% for Q1 2026, down 157.84% on a QoQ basis from 3.07% in Q4 2025, and down 889.0% year-over-year from 1.0% in Q1 2025.
Frontier Group Holdings (ULCC) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Frontier Group Holdings' Return on Capital Employed history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 7.91% for Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 889.0% year-over-year to 7.91% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 7.91% (down 889.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 3.25%, down 481.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed was 7.91% for Q1 2026 at Frontier Group Holdings, 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.
- A 5-year average of 1.61% and a median of 1.28% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed soared 1225 bps — and 2026, when it plunged 889 bps.
- Frontier Group Holdings' Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.6% in 2022, then surged by 94 bps to 0.09% in 2023, then soared by 1645 bps to 1.4% in 2024, then plunged by 319 bps to 3.07% in 2025, then sank by 158 bps to 7.91% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows ULCC's Return on Capital Employed at 7.91% in Q1 2026, 3.07% in Q4 2025, and 3.4% in Q3 2025.
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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% |