Growth Metrics

Warby Parker (WRBY) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)

Warby Parker posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 1.07% for Q1 2026, up 297.0% year-on-year from 0.27% in Q1 2025, and down 12.75% on a QoQ basis from 0.95% in Q4 2025.

Warby Parker (WRBY) has 6 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 1.07% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 297.0% year-over-year to 1.07%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 1.07% (up 297.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.97%, up 507.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 1.07%, down from 0.95% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.95% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 49.58% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 13.82% (2024), against an average of 16.1%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed soared 3109 bps; it then jumped 297 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 25.87% in 2022, then surged by 38 bps to 15.98% in 2023, then surged by 64 bps to 5.72% in 2024, then surged by 83 bps to 0.95% in 2025, then retreated by 13 bps to 1.07% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 1.07% (Q1 2026), 0.95% (Q4 2025), and 1.38% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Intuitive Surgical 156.17 Bn 151.78 Bn 1.83 Bn 17.54%
2 Becton Dickinson 41.51 Bn 40.49 Bn 2.15 Bn 5.02%
3 Resmed 30.43 Bn 28.77 Bn 890.98 Mn 25.95%
4 West Pharmaceutical Services 22.78 Bn 22.26 Bn 296.40 Mn 18.63%
5 Solventum 13.39 Bn 13.39 Bn 1.10 Bn 19.44%
6 Cooper Companies 12.33 Bn 12.20 Bn 695.20 Mn 6.60%
7 Align Technology 11.65 Bn 10.59 Bn 736.59 Mn 12.74%
8 Baxter International 9.81 Bn 7.77 Bn 891.00 Mn 13.02%
9 Aptargroup 7.39 Bn 7.19 Bn 351.91 Mn 12.04%
10 Warby Parker 3.03 Bn 2.75 Bn 131.04 Mn -1.07%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -1.07%
Dec 31, 2025 -0.95%
Sep 30, 2025 -1.38%
Jun 30, 2025 -3.25%
Mar 31, 2025 -4.04%
Dec 31, 2024 -5.72%
Sep 30, 2024 -8.49%
Jun 30, 2024 -11.44%
Mar 31, 2024 -13.82%
Dec 31, 2023 -15.98%
Sep 30, 2023 -16.16%
Jun 30, 2023 -16.92%
Mar 31, 2023 -19.88%
Dec 31, 2022 -25.87%
Sep 30, 2022 -31.10%
Jun 30, 2022 -48.01%
Mar 31, 2022 -49.58%
Dec 31, 2021 -43.27%