Growth Metrics

Box (BXCAP) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026)

Box posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 2.68% for Q1 2026, down 1084.0% year-on-year from 0.27% in Q1 2025, and down 70.73% on a QoQ basis from 9.15% in Q4 2025.

Box (BXCAP) has 12 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 2.68% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 1084.0% year-over-year to 2.68%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at 2.68% (down 1084.0% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was 2.58%, down 1238.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 2.68%, down from 9.15% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 13.52% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 1.16% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 7.91% (2022), against an average of 6.57%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed surged 1142 bps; it then sank 1084 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 7.91% in 2022, then plunged by 48 bps to 4.1% in 2023, then soared by 211 bps to 12.74% in 2024, then decreased by 28 bps to 9.15% in 2025, then slumped by 71 bps to 2.68% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 2.68% (Q1 2026), 9.15% (Q4 2025), and 8.75% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 3,425.08 Bn 3,346.81 Bn 56.06 Bn 27.43%
2 Oracle 712.03 Bn 673.46 Bn 15.14 Bn 10.62%
3 Palantir Technologies 384.58 Bn 376.66 Bn 1.42 Bn 24.39%
4 Palo Alto Networks 208.80 Bn 204.26 Bn 1.91 Bn 8.75%
5 CrowdStrike Holdings 195.63 Bn 192.58 Bn 993.68 Mn -4.62%
6 Fortinet 108.69 Bn 105.40 Bn 1.49 Bn 40.10%
7 Cloudflare 95.27 Bn 94.32 Bn 455.60 Mn -5.85%
8 Synopsys 93.41 Bn 93.30 Bn 1.77 Bn 1.98%
9 CoreWeave 65.84 Bn 63.57 Bn 2.01 Bn -0.47%
10 Box - - 245.00 Mn 2.68%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 2.68%
Oct 31, 2025 9.15%
Jul 31, 2025 8.75%
Apr 30, 2025 8.74%
Jan 31, 2025 13.52%
Oct 31, 2024 12.74%
Jul 31, 2024 12.61%
Apr 30, 2024 9.79%
Jan 31, 2024 11.08%
Oct 31, 2023 4.10%
Jul 31, 2023 4.38%
Apr 30, 2023 2.78%
Jan 31, 2023 1.74%
Oct 31, 2022 7.91%
Jul 31, 2022 2.47%
Apr 30, 2022 0.45%
Jan 31, 2022 -1.16%
Oct 31, 2021 -3.50%
Jul 31, 2021 -2.65%
Apr 30, 2021 -3.04%
Jan 31, 2021 -7.05%
Oct 31, 2020 -13.85%
Jul 31, 2020 -22.62%
Apr 30, 2020 -28.95%
Jan 31, 2020 -42.98%
Oct 31, 2019 -7.15%
Jul 31, 2019 -7.21%
Apr 30, 2019 -9.38%
Jan 31, 2019 -20.67%
Oct 31, 2018 -24.84%
Jul 31, 2018 -26.77%
Apr 30, 2018 -23.29%
Jan 31, 2018 -43.69%
Oct 31, 2017 -91.12%
Jul 31, 2017 -89.17%
Apr 30, 2017 -74.82%
Jan 31, 2017 -88.32%
Oct 31, 2016 -82.91%
Jul 31, 2016 -84.05%
Apr 30, 2016 -72.78%
Jan 31, 2016 -84.36%
Oct 31, 2015 -32.82%
Jul 31, 2015 -26.67%
Apr 30, 2015 -20.61%