Growth Metrics

World Kinect (WKC) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

World Kinect (WKC) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 0.21% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 27.0% to 0.21% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.21% through Dec 2025, down 27.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.19% for FY2025, 25.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.21% in Q4 2025 for World Kinect, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.09% in Q3 2023 to a low of 0.21% in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.03% across 5 years, with a median of 0.05% in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: grew 4bps in 2023 and later decreased -27bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.05% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 47bps to 0.08% in 2022, then fell by -26bps to 0.06% in 2023, then rose by 5bps to 0.06% in 2024, then tumbled by -446bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for WKC at 0.21% in Q4 2025, 0.09% in Q3 2025, and 0.08% in Q2 2025.