WillScot Holdings (WSC) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)
WillScot Holdings (WSC) reported Return on Capital Employed of 3.09% for Q1 2026, down 163.0% year-over-year from 4.9% in Q1 2025, and down 9.04% quarter-over-quarter from 3.39% in Q4 2025.
WillScot Holdings (WSC) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
WillScot Holdings (WSC) has 11 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 3.09% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 3.09%, down 163.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.09% (down 163.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 3.41%, down 138.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed slipped to 3.09% in Q1 2026 per WSC's latest filing, from 3.39% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 12.48% in Q3 2023 and troughed at 3.09% in Q1 2026.
- A 5-year average of 8.05% and a median of 7.82% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed jumped 560 bps in 2023, then plunged 754 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 9.73% in 2022, then gained by 25 bps to 12.15% in 2023, then sank by 60 bps to 4.84% in 2024, then fell by 30 bps to 3.39% in 2025, then fell by 9 bps to 3.09% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows WSC's Return on Capital Employed at 3.09% in Q1 2026, 3.39% in Q4 2025, and 9.91% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.09% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.39% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9.91% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.17% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.71% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.84% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.94% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.75% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.72% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 12.15% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 12.48% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 12.35% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.15% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 9.73% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.82% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 6.76% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.98% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.96% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.49% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 5.19% |