Corpay (CPAY) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Corpay (CPAY) posted Return on Capital Employed of 19.08% for Q1 2026, down 16.0% quarter-over-quarter from 22.71% in Q4 2025, and up 94.0% year-on-year from 9.83% in Q1 2025.

Corpay (CPAY) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Corpay (CPAY) has reported Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 19.08% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 19.08%, up 94.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 19.08% (up 94.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 25.29%, up 297.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 19.08% for Q1 2026 at Corpay, down from 22.71% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 22.71% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 2.24% in Q4 2022.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 15.17%, with a median of 18.14% recorded in 2025.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 1303 bps in 2022 and jumped 1671 bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.24% in 2022, then soared by 747 bps to 18.94% in 2023, then gained by 4 bps to 19.66% in 2024, then increased by 16 bps to 22.71% in 2025, then decreased by 16 bps to 19.08% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 19.08% in Q1 2026, 22.71% in Q4 2025, and 17.16% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,853.66 Bn 2,775.39 Bn 56.06 Bn 27.43%
2 Oracle 408.21 Bn 376.86 Bn 17.12 Bn 9.73%
3 Palantir Technologies 300.98 Bn 293.06 Bn 1.42 Bn 24.39%
4 Palo Alto Networks 247.84 Bn 243.30 Bn 1.91 Bn 8.75%
5 CrowdStrike Holdings 193.63 Bn 190.57 Bn 993.68 Mn -4.62%
6 Fortinet 117.45 Bn 114.16 Bn 1.49 Bn 40.10%
7 Cloudflare 86.88 Bn 85.93 Bn 455.60 Mn -5.85%
8 Synopsys 86.18 Bn 86.06 Bn 1.77 Bn 1.98%
9 Block 46.10 Bn 39.21 Bn 2.91 Bn 4.34%
10 Corpay 23.03 Bn 17.06 Bn 1.11 Bn 19.08%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 19.08%
Dec 31, 2025 22.71%
Sep 30, 2025 17.16%
Jun 30, 2025 18.91%
Mar 31, 2025 18.14%
Dec 31, 2024 19.66%
Sep 30, 2024 20.11%
Jun 30, 2024 20.80%
Mar 31, 2024 19.29%
Dec 31, 2023 18.94%
Sep 30, 2023 15.45%
Jun 30, 2023 10.17%
Mar 31, 2023 6.61%
Dec 31, 2022 2.24%
Sep 30, 2022 5.75%
Jun 30, 2022 9.68%
Mar 31, 2022 13.16%
Dec 31, 2021 15.27%
Sep 30, 2021 15.79%
Jun 30, 2021 15.48%