Growth Metrics

Appfolio (APPF) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026)

Appfolio's quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 30.21% in Q1 2026, up 501.0% year-on-year from 5.03% in Q1 2025, and up 10.2% quarter-over-quarter from 27.41% in Q4 2025.

Appfolio has reported Return on Capital Employed for 12 years, with the latest figure at 30.21% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 501.0% year-over-year to 30.21%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 30.21% (up 501.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 27.75%, down 209.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 30.21%, up from 27.41% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 32.2% in Q3 2024, with the low at 28.44% in Q1 2023.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 6.54%, with a median of 16.74% recorded in 2024.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed plunged 2248 bps in 2023 and soared 4844 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing APPF's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 22.5% in 2022, then soared by 101 bps to 0.3% in 2023, then jumped by 8818 bps to 26.51% in 2024, then grew by 3 bps to 27.41% in 2025, then grew by 10 bps to 30.21% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 30.21% (Q1 2026), 27.41% (Q4 2025), and 26.28% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 40.19%
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 12.51%
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 12.81%
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 12.40%
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 12.32%
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 17.43%
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 49.21%
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn -20.99%
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 23.43%
10 Appfolio 5.89 Bn 5.74 Bn 224.71 Mn 30.21%

Historic Data

Download Data 🔒
DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 30.21%
Dec 31, 2025 27.41%
Sep 30, 2025 26.28%
Jun 30, 2025 28.05%
Mar 31, 2025 25.20%
Dec 31, 2024 26.51%
Sep 30, 2024 32.20%
Jun 30, 2024 24.84%
Mar 31, 2024 16.74%
Dec 31, 2023 0.30%
Sep 30, 2023 -16.24%
Jun 30, 2023 -19.20%
Mar 31, 2023 -28.44%
Dec 31, 2022 -22.50%
Sep 30, 2022 -18.54%
Jun 30, 2022 -15.60%
Mar 31, 2022 -5.97%
Dec 31, 2021 -3.35%
Sep 30, 2021 -2.06%
Jun 30, 2021 -1.15%
Mar 31, 2021 0.38%
Dec 31, 2020 2.89%
Sep 30, 2020 4.25%
Jun 30, 2020 5.16%
Mar 31, 2020 3.93%
Dec 31, 2019 3.24%
Sep 30, 2019 4.83%
Jun 30, 2019 6.07%
Mar 31, 2019 10.28%
Dec 31, 2018 15.39%
Sep 30, 2018 17.70%
Jun 30, 2018 17.97%
Mar 31, 2018 14.07%
Dec 31, 2017 11.10%
Sep 30, 2017 7.17%
Jun 30, 2017 1.19%
Mar 31, 2017 -5.92%
Dec 31, 2016 -12.13%
Sep 30, 2016 -15.50%
Jun 30, 2016 -20.05%
Mar 31, 2016 -20.88%
Dec 31, 2015 -19.88%
Sep 30, 2015 -19.73%