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Accenture (ACN) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Accenture filings provide 18 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 23.15% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 66.0% to 23.15% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was 23.15%, a 66.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 25.37%, down 236.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 23.15% in Q1 2026 for Accenture, up from 22.48% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 32.13% in Q3 2022 to a low of 22.48% in Q4 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 26.52% (2024), compared with a mean of 26.87%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 403bps in 2022 and later plummeted -525bps in 2023.
  • Accenture's Return on Capital Employed stood at 31.0% in 2022, then dropped by -17bps to 25.75% in 2023, then decreased by -5bps to 24.51% in 2024, then fell by -8bps to 22.48% in 2025, then rose by 3bps to 23.15% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 23.15% (Q1 2026), 22.48% (Q4 2025), and 23.23% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.