Alight (ALIT) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2021 - 2026)
Alight's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -24.61% in Q3 2026, up 18.48 percentage points from -43.09% a year earlier and up 34.33 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Alight (ALIT) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at Alight came in at -56.12%, down 55.07 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a three-year change of -55.04 percentage points (FY2022 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -1.05% in FY2024 (-0.13 pp), -0.92% in FY2023 (+0.15 pp) and -1.07% in FY2022.
- The Q3 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q2 2025.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was higher in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -29.48 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years was Q3 2026 (a gain of 18.48 percentage points); the worst was Q1 2026 (a drop of 81.73 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, ALIT's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was -58.94% (Q2 2026), -82.54% (Q1 2026) and -73.94% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 406.71 Bn | 371.66 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 30.95% |
| 2 | Oracle | 356.71 Bn | 229.27 Bn | 18.57 Bn | 9.81% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 287.26 Bn | 215.24 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 34.05% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 175.69 Bn | 131.56 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 10.68% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 120.83 Bn | 107.63 Bn | 2.53 Bn | -53.96% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 103.38 Bn | 82.65 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 7.48% |
| 7 | Intuit | 91.37 Bn | 70.72 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 21.09% |
| 8 | Relx | 72.62 Bn | 72.62 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 48.71 Bn | 35.85 Bn | 89.63 Mn | -30.53% |
| 10 | Alight | 323.11 Mn | -552.89 Mn | 135.00 Mn | -24.61% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -24.61% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -58.94% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -82.54% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -73.94% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -43.09% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -15.69% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -0.81% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -1.23% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -1.11% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -1.20% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -0.96% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -0.94% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -1.61% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -1.64% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -1.48% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -1.08% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.57% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -0.05% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.74% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.01% |
API Access
Alight Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=ALIT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "ALIT", "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=ALIT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();