Wayfair Inc. (W) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2026)
Wayfair (W) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 11.64% for Q1 2026, up 4174.0% YoY from 0.27% in Q1 2025, and up 686.48% sequentially from 1.48% in Q4 2025.
Wayfair Inc. (W) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Wayfair has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 13 years of filings, most recently posting 11.64% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 4174.0% year-over-year to 11.64%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 11.64% (up 4174.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 1.29%, up 4333.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed grew to 11.64% in Q1 2026, from 1.48% in the prior quarter.
- Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for W reached as high as 11.64% in Q1 2026 and fell as low as 95.56% in Q1 2023.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 48.39% (2022), against an average of 46.87%.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed tumbled 8552 bps — and 2025, when it jumped 4471 bps.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 89.61% in 2022, then climbed by 26 bps to 65.88% in 2023, then soared by 34 bps to 43.23% in 2024, then soared by 103 bps to 1.48% in 2025, then soared by 686 bps to 11.64% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 11.64%, 1.48%, and 19.51% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 11.64% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.48% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -19.51% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -26.11% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -30.10% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -43.23% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -41.08% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -52.52% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -52.63% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -65.88% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -70.62% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -90.02% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -95.56% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -89.61% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -65.29% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -48.39% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -19.42% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -4.08% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 7.95% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 19.74% |