W.P. Carey Inc.

WPC Real Estate Reit Diversified

W.P. Carey Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.7 billion, up 8.43% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.58%
EPS
−4.47%
Free cash flow
−55.9%
Total debt
+1.14%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

65.41 0.78 +1.21%
Market cap
$14.9B
P/E
22.2×
Fwd P/E
21.2×
Dividend yield
5.79%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

W.P. Carey Inc. (WPC) Return on invested capital

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W.P. Carey Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 2.87%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (2.99%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.73% (fiscal 2018) to 2.99% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is in line with the Reit Diversified industry median of 2.89% and above the Real Estate sector median of 2.17%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 2.99% 0.10
FY2024 2.89% 0.10
FY2023 2.79% 0.50
FY2022 2.29% (0.36)
FY2021 2.65% 0.22
FY2020 2.43% (0.02)
FY2019 2.45% 0.72
FY2018 1.73% (1.25)
FY2017 2.98% 0.39
FY2016 2.59% (0.24)

Against its own ten years

Low 1.73% High 2.99%
Ten-year median 2.65%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SAFE Safehold Inc. compare 5.53%
VICI VICI Properties Inc. compare 4.37%
GNL Global Net Lease, Inc. compare 4.14%
BNL Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. compare 2.94%
CTO CTO Realty Growth, Inc. compare 2.90%
WPC W.P. Carey Inc. 2.87%
AAT American Assets Trust, Inc. compare 2.47%
JBGS JBG SMITH Properties compare −0.08%
ESRT Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. compare −0.55%
Reit Diversified industry median 2.89%
Real Estate sector median 2.17%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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