Growth Metrics

Wayfair (W) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Wayfair (W) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 12 consecutive years, with 0.05% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 117.0% to 0.05% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.05% through Dec 2025, up 117.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.04% for FY2025, 113.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.05% at Wayfair, up from 0.76% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Invested Capital was 1.43% in Q2 2023, with the low at 2.93% in Q1 2023.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.68%, with a median of 0.86% recorded in 2025.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Invested Capital skyrocketed 274bps in 2023, then tumbled -286bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.06% in 2021, then crashed by -3141bps to 2.08% in 2022, then increased by 21bps to 1.64% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 32bps to 1.11% in 2024, then surged by 105bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods came in at 0.05%, 0.76%, and 0.82% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.