Blackberry (BB) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026)
Blackberry's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 8.24% in fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), up 5.66 percentage points from 2.59% a year earlier and up 2.01 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Blackberry (BB) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Feb 28, 2026), Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at Blackberry came in at 4.82%, up 4.74 percentage points from FY2025.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +42.68 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 0.08% in FY2025 (-0.85 pp), 0.93% in FY2024 (+15.77 pp), -14.84% in FY2023 (-14.75 pp) and -0.09% in FY2022 (+37.77 pp).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure marks the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to fiscal Q1 2021.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for nine straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +4.33 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years was fiscal Q4 2022 (a gain of 45.75 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q4 2023 (a drop of 17.03 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, BB's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027 was 6.24% (Q1 2027), 5.01% (Q4 2026) and 1.84% (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 323.81 Bn | 308.88 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 1.86% |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 271.09 Bn | 251.53 Bn | 1.10 Bn | -1.66% |
| 3 | Fortinet | 131.14 Bn | 117.07 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 44.16% |
| 4 | Snowflake | 119.71 Bn | 107.03 Bn | 1.04 Bn | -25.24% |
| 5 | Datadog | 98.30 Bn | 79.94 Bn | 881.34 Mn | 0.30% |
| 6 | Okta | 34.95 Bn | 25.05 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 3.21% |
| 7 | Axon Enterprise | 34.32 Bn | 28.85 Bn | 546.45 Mn | 0.40% |
| 8 | Zscaler | 32.52 Bn | 18.64 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Baidu | 29.56 Bn | -44.07 Bn | 1.47 Mn | -1.83% |
| 10 | Blackberry | 5.31 Bn | 3.91 Bn | 127.10 Mn | 8.24% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 8.24% |
| May 31, 2026 | 6.24% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 5.01% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 1.84% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 2.59% |
| May 31, 2025 | 1.57% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 0.08% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | -0.53% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | -0.67% |
| May 31, 2024 | -5.39% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | -5.19% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | -2.08% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | -4.38% |
| May 31, 2023 | -4.34% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | -17.13% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | -5.26% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | -1.42% |
| May 31, 2022 | -6.07% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | -0.09% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | -20.89% |
Blackberry 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=BB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "BB", "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=BB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();