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Global Payments (GPN) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 187.0% to 3.08% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 3.08%, a 187.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 4.11%, down 54.0% from a year prior.

Global Payments (GPN) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on record, last reported at 3.08% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed reached 3.08% in Q1 2026 per GPN's latest filing, down from 4.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for GPN hit a ceiling of 5.71% in Q3 2025 and a floor of 0.79% in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 3.44% and a median of 3.6% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: crashed -282bps in 2023, then skyrocketed 342bps in 2024.
  • Tracing GPN's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 1.71% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 85bps to 3.16% in 2023, then soared by 55bps to 4.9% in 2024, then fell by -17bps to 4.04% in 2025, then fell by -24bps to 3.08% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for GPN at 3.08% in Q1 2026, 4.04% in Q4 2025, and 5.71% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Relx 81.40 Bn 81.16 Bn - 47.48%
2 Rentokil Initial 79.56 Bn 78.10 Bn - -
3 Cintas 69.26 Bn 69.08 Bn 1.45 Bn 30.25%
4 Copart 33.09 Bn 28.01 Bn 971.24 Mn 16.88%
5 UL Solutions 20.56 Bn 20.32 Bn 381.00 Mn 27.02%
6 Global Payments 19.88 Bn 14.69 Bn 1.70 Bn 3.08%
7 Rb Global 19.08 Bn 18.89 Bn 869.50 Mn 7.10%
8 Aramark 13.57 Bn 13.16 Bn 426.35 Mn 7.90%
9 Amentum Holdings 5.65 Bn 5.74 Bn 345.00 Mn 5.80%
10 Dolby Laboratories 5.15 Bn 4.56 Bn 350.90 Mn 9.19%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%
Mar 31, 2021 2.31%
Dec 31, 2020 2.24%
Sep 30, 2020 2.10%
Jun 30, 2020 1.82%
Mar 31, 2020 2.03%
Dec 31, 2019 1.92%
Sep 30, 2019 2.98%
Jun 30, 2019 7.97%
Mar 31, 2019 8.24%
Dec 31, 2018 7.18%
Sep 30, 2018 8.18%
Jun 30, 2018 7.24%
Mar 31, 2018 6.75%
Dec 31, 2017 6.33%
Sep 30, 2017 6.40%
Jun 30, 2017 5.86%
Mar 31, 2017 4.88%
Nov 30, 2016 4.90%
Aug 31, 2016 5.01%
May 31, 2016 8.21%