Growth Metrics

Wayfair (W) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Wayfair (W) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 13 consecutive years, with 0.12% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 42.0% year-over-year to 0.12%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.12%, up 42.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.01%, 43.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.12% in Q1 2026 for Wayfair, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.12% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 0.96% in Q1 2023.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.47%, with a median of 0.48% recorded in 2022.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed tumbled -86bps in 2022 and then surged 45bps in 2025.
  • Wayfair's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.9% in 2022, then rose by 26bps to 0.66% in 2023, then surged by 34bps to 0.43% in 2024, then soared by 103bps to 0.01% in 2025, then soared by 686bps to 0.12% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods came in at 0.12%, 0.01%, and 0.2% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.