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W. P. Carey (WPC) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

W. P. Carey (WPC) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 16 consecutive years, with 0.08% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital rose 3.0% to 0.08% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.08%, a 3.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.06%, up 2.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.08% for Q4 2025 at W. P. Carey, up from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.08% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.03% in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.04% and a median of 0.04% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: grew 3bps in 2024, then decreased -2bps in 2025.
  • W. P. Carey's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.03% in 2021, then fell by -9bps to 0.03% in 2022, then increased by 15bps to 0.04% in 2023, then surged by 43bps to 0.05% in 2024, then soared by 51bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WPC's Return on Invested Capital are 0.08% (Q4 2025), 0.05% (Q3 2025), and 0.04% (Q2 2025).