Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2026)

Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 8.9% in Q1 2026, little changed quarter-over-quarter from 8.89% in Q4 2025, and up 197.0% on a YoY basis from 3.0% in Q1 2025.

Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cushman & Wakefield's Return on Capital Employed history runs 9 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 8.9% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 197.0% year-over-year to 8.9%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 8.9% (up 197.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 9.01%, up 266.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 8.9% for Q1 2026 at Cushman & Wakefield, roughly flat from 8.89% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 12.73% in Q2 2022 to a low of 3.83% in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 7.56% across 5 years, with a median of 6.93% in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed jumped 1114 bps in 2022, then sank 851 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 9.92% in 2022, then sank by 61 bps to 3.89% in 2023, then surged by 67 bps to 6.5% in 2024, then jumped by 37 bps to 8.89% in 2025, then increased by 0 bps to 8.9% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 8.9% (Q1 2026), 8.89% (Q4 2025), and 8.8% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 IHS Holding 45.03 Bn 44.04 Bn 231.80 14,944,925.92%
2 Cbre 38.54 Bn 37.33 Bn 1.85 Bn 10.59%
3 Costar 14.00 Bn 12.72 Bn 701.00 Mn -0.27%
4 Jones Lang Lasalle 13.85 Bn 13.53 Bn - 11.31%
5 KE Holdings 7.04 Bn 4.80 Bn 661.06 Mn -
6 Compass 5.66 Bn 5.19 Bn 2.31 Bn -10.11%
7 Opendoor Technologies 4.24 Bn 4.17 Bn 72.00 Mn -18.92%
8 Cushman & Wakefield 3.11 Bn 2.51 Bn 420.70 Mn 8.90%
9 Newmark 2.67 Bn 2.62 Bn - 9.10%
10 Kennedy-Wilson Holdings 1.53 Bn 1.38 Bn 83.20 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 8.90%
Dec 31, 2025 8.89%
Sep 30, 2025 8.80%
Jun 30, 2025 8.10%
Mar 31, 2025 6.93%
Dec 31, 2024 6.50%
Sep 30, 2024 5.28%
Jun 30, 2024 4.86%
Mar 31, 2024 4.45%
Dec 31, 2023 3.89%
Sep 30, 2023 3.83%
Jun 30, 2023 4.74%
Mar 31, 2023 6.73%
Dec 31, 2022 9.92%
Sep 30, 2022 12.35%
Jun 30, 2022 12.73%
Mar 31, 2022 11.62%
Dec 31, 2021 9.47%
Sep 30, 2021 6.56%
Jun 30, 2021 4.07%