Alight (ALIT) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2022 - 2026)
Alight (ALIT) reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -29.13% for Q3 2026, up 17.16 percentage points from -46.29% a year earlier and up 41.40 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Alight (ALIT) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2022 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Alight posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -65.82%, down 64.59 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a three-year change of -64.62 percentage points (FY2022 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at -1.23% in FY2024 (-0.24 pp), -0.99% in FY2023 (+0.21 pp) and -1.20% in FY2022.
- The Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since Q2 2025.
- Year over year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] gained in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -35.58 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in five years was Q3 2026 (a gain of 17.16 percentage points); the low point was Q1 2026 (a drop of 101.18 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at -70.53% (Q2 2026), -102.11% (Q1 2026) and -87.47% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 406.71 Bn | 371.66 Bn | 1.93 Bn | - |
| 2 | Oracle | 356.71 Bn | 229.27 Bn | 18.57 Bn | 10.99% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 287.26 Bn | 215.24 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 35.64% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 175.69 Bn | 131.56 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 9.01% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 120.83 Bn | 107.63 Bn | 2.53 Bn | -47.20% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 103.38 Bn | 82.65 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 5.25% |
| 7 | Intuit | 91.37 Bn | 70.72 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 16.71% |
| 8 | Relx | 72.62 Bn | 72.62 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 48.71 Bn | 35.85 Bn | 89.63 Mn | -27.59% |
| 10 | Alight | 323.11 Mn | -552.89 Mn | 135.00 Mn | -29.13% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -29.13% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -70.53% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -102.11% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -87.47% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -46.29% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -17.84% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -0.92% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -1.34% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -1.34% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -1.27% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -1.02% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -1.00% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -1.81% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -1.83% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -1.62% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -1.18% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.52% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -0.05% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.83% |
API Access
Alight Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=ALIT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=ALIT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();