Accenture (ACN) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026)
Accenture (ACN) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 22.86% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended May 31, 2026), down 1.71 percentage points from 24.57% a year earlier and down 0.29 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Accenture (ACN) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Aug 31, 2025), Accenture's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 25.37%, down 2.36 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of -5.99 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Accenture's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 27.72% in FY2024 (-0.47 pp), 28.20% in FY2023 (-5.63 pp), 33.82% in FY2022 (+2.61 pp) and 31.21% in FY2021 (-0.15 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has run from a low of 22.48% in fiscal Q1 2026 to a high of 32.13% in fiscal Q4 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined in each of the last 13 quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.59 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2022, with a gain of 4.03 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q1 2024, with a drop of 5.25 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 23.15% (Q2 2026), 22.48% (Q1 2026) and 23.23% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accenture | 172.71 Bn | 133.12 Bn | 6.13 Bn | 22.86% |
| 2 | Cintas | 89.51 Bn | 88.59 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 34.24% |
| 3 | Iron Mountain | 32.96 Bn | 32.48 Bn | 1.07 Bn | 7.54% |
| 4 | Rollins | 16.86 Bn | 16.41 Bn | 582.90 Mn | 30.79% |
| 5 | APi | 16.77 Bn | 13.80 Bn | 703.00 Mn | 8.75% |
| 6 | UL Solutions | 14.87 Bn | 13.66 Bn | 417.00 Mn | 25.89% |
| 7 | Gartner | 14.80 Bn | 8.50 Bn | 1.19 Bn | 29.65% |
| 8 | Aramark | 13.84 Bn | 11.86 Bn | 430.34 Mn | 7.98% |
| 9 | Rentokil Initial | 11.56 Bn | 5.07 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Booz Allen Hamilton Holding | 9.44 Bn | 6.48 Bn | 1.46 Bn | 19.33% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | 22.86% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 23.15% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 22.48% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 23.23% |
| May 31, 2025 | 24.57% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 23.81% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 24.51% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 26.61% |
| May 31, 2024 | 26.52% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 25.18% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 25.75% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 26.96% |
| May 31, 2023 | 28.79% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 30.28% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 31.00% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 32.13% |
| May 31, 2022 | 31.62% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 30.13% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 28.96% |
| Aug 31, 2021 | 28.29% |
API Access
Accenture Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=ACN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "ACN", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=ACN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();