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

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

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

Corpay's Return on Capital Employed history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 19.08% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 94.0% year-over-year to 19.08% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 19.08% (up 94.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 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.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 22.71% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 4.46% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 14.6% and a median of 14.88% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed tumbled 1080 bps — and 2023, when it soared 990 bps.
  • Corpay's Return on Capital Employed stood at 4.46% in 2022, then surged by 222 bps to 14.36% in 2023, then jumped by 37 bps to 19.66% in 2024, then grew by 16 bps to 22.71% in 2025, then retreated by 16 bps to 19.08% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CPAY's Return on Capital Employed at 19.08% in Q1 2026, 22.71% in Q4 2025, and 17.16% in Q3 2025.

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1 Microsoft 2,925.10 Bn 2,800.66 Bn 56.06 Bn 27.43%
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8 Fortinet 108.49 Bn 105.19 Bn 1.49 Bn 40.10%
9 Cloudflare 93.80 Bn 92.86 Bn 455.60 Mn -5.85%
10 Corpay 26.43 Bn 20.15 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 15.43%
Jun 30, 2024 15.89%
Mar 31, 2024 14.69%
Dec 31, 2023 14.36%
Sep 30, 2023 14.88%
Jun 30, 2023 10.13%
Mar 31, 2023 8.67%
Dec 31, 2022 4.46%
Sep 30, 2022 8.66%
Jun 30, 2022 12.00%
Mar 31, 2022 13.44%
Dec 31, 2021 15.27%
Sep 30, 2021 15.79%
Jun 30, 2021 15.48%