Global Payments (GPN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Global Payments' (GPN) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 3.08% in Q1 2026, down 187.0% year-on-year from 3.55% in Q1 2025, and down 23.71% on a QoQ basis from 4.04% in Q4 2025.
Global Payments (GPN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Global Payments (GPN) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 3.08% in Q1 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 187.0% year-over-year to 3.08% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 3.08%, a 187.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 4.11%, down 54.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 3.08%, down from 4.04% in the prior quarter.
- Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for GPN reached as high as 5.71% in Q3 2025 and fell as low as 0.79% in Q1 2023.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 3.44% across 5 years, with a median of 3.6% in 2022.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 282 bps in 2023 and soared 342 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
- Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.71% in 2022, then jumped by 85 bps to 3.16% in 2023, then soared by 55 bps to 4.9% in 2024, then fell by 17 bps to 4.04% in 2025, then slipped by 24 bps to 3.08% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 3.08% in Q1 2026, 4.04% in Q4 2025, and 5.71% in Q3 2025.
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| 1 | Cintas | 81.31 Bn | 81.12 Bn | 1.45 Bn | 30.25% |
| 2 | Rentokil Initial | 73.75 Bn | 71.25 Bn | - | -48.80% |
| 3 | Relx | 60.28 Bn | 60.04 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | Thomson Reuters | 38.09 Bn | 37.23 Bn | - | -15.25% |
| 5 | Copart | 25.18 Bn | 21.85 Bn | 732.88 Mn | 17.98% |
| 6 | Global Payments | 21.29 Bn | 16.10 Bn | 1.70 Bn | 3.08% |
| 7 | Rb Global | 20.33 Bn | 20.14 Bn | 927.90 Mn | 7.10% |
| 8 | UL Solutions | 17.42 Bn | 17.18 Bn | 381.00 Mn | 27.02% |
| 9 | Aramark | 15.00 Bn | 14.59 Bn | 426.39 Mn | 7.90% |
| 10 | Amentum Holdings | 5.37 Bn | 5.04 Bn | 345.00 Mn | 5.80% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.08% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.04% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.71% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.86% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.95% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.90% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.51% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.78% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.21% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.16% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.84% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.36% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.79% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.71% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.44% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.46% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.60% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.31% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.19% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 2.93% |