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

Cushman & Wakefield's (CWK) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 8.9% in Q1 2026, up 197.0% year-on-year from 3.0% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 8.89% in Q4 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.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 197.0% year-over-year to 8.9% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 8.9%, a 197.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 9.01%, up 266.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was little changed at 8.9% in Q1 2026 per CWK's latest filing, from 8.89% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 12.73% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 3.83% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 6.93% (2025), against an average of 7.56%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 1114 bps in 2022 and sank 851 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 9.92% in 2022, then tumbled 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CWK Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 8.9% (Q1 2026), 8.89% (Q4 2025), and 8.8% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

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1 Colliers International 4,798.15 Bn 4,797.86 Bn - -
2 IHS Holding 60.96 Bn 61.13 Bn 231.80 8.49%
3 KE Holdings 53.48 Bn 50.59 Bn 661.06 Mn -
4 Cbre 39.71 Bn 39.92 Bn 1.85 Bn 10.59%
5 Jones Lang Lasalle 14.96 Bn 14.65 Bn - 11.31%
6 Costar 11.08 Bn 9.80 Bn 701.00 Mn -0.27%
7 Compass 7.92 Bn 7.44 Bn 2.31 Bn -10.11%
8 FirstService 6.01 Bn 6.28 Bn 480.66 Mn 2,524.68%
9 Opendoor Technologies 3.69 Bn 2.69 Bn 72.00 Mn -18.92%
10 Cushman & Wakefield 2.90 Bn 2.30 Bn 420.70 Mn 8.90%

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%