Growth Metrics

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

World Kinect (WKC) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 16 consecutive years, with 0.37% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 43.0% to 0.37% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.37% through Dec 2025, down 43.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.28% for FY2025, 35.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 0.37% in Q4 2025 for World Kinect, down from 0.15% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.11% in Q1 2023 to a low of 0.37% in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.02% across 5 years, with a median of 0.06% in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: increased 6bps in 2022 and later plummeted -43bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.04% in 2021, then surged by 140bps to 0.11% in 2022, then dropped by -24bps to 0.08% in 2023, then dropped by -19bps to 0.06% in 2024, then tumbled by -666bps to 0.37% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for WKC at 0.37% in Q4 2025, 0.15% in Q3 2025, and 0.14% in Q2 2025.