Corpay (CPAY) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Corpay's (CPAY) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 19.08% in Q1 2026, up 94.0% YoY from 9.83% in Q1 2025, and down 16.0% on a QoQ basis from 22.71% in Q4 2025.
Corpay (CPAY) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Corpay (CPAY) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 19.08% in 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 retreated to 19.08% in Q1 2026, from 22.71% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 22.71% in Q4 2025 to a low of 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 plunged 1080 bps — and 2023, when it soared 990 bps.
- Tracing CPAY's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 4.46% in 2022, then soared by 222 bps to 14.36% in 2023, then surged by 37 bps to 19.66% in 2024, then advanced by 16 bps to 22.71% in 2025, then declined by 16 bps to 19.08% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 19.08% (Q1 2026), 22.71% (Q4 2025), and 17.16% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 20.94% |
| 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% |