Canaan (CAN) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026)
Canaan (CAN) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 33.95% for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, down 7.39 percentage points from 41.34% a year earlier and down 1.65 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Canaan (CAN) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, Canaan's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -27.93%, up 47.89 percentage points from the prior year.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +33.61 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- In prior years, Canaan's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -75.81% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+14.70 pp), -90.52% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (-96.56 pp), 6.04% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-139.97 pp) and 146.01% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+207.55 pp).
- The figure for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since the quarter ended Dec 31, 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] increased in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +45.87 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was the quarter ended Sep 30, 2021, with a gain of 114.98 percentage points; the weakest was the quarter ended Sep 30, 2023, with a drop of 133.50 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior quarters was 35.60% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 38.50% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 52.45% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nvidia | 4,516.52 Bn | 4,290.68 Bn | 72.14 Bn | 80.04% |
| 2 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | 1,945.01 Bn | 1,569.87 Bn | 27.22 Bn | 8.44% |
| 3 | Broadcom | 1,397.97 Bn | 1,324.02 Bn | 20.46 Bn | 26.30% |
| 4 | Micron Technology | 778.23 Bn | 683.86 Bn | 47.05 Bn | 72.24% |
| 5 | Advanced Micro Devices | 731.93 Bn | 680.14 Bn | 7.21 Bn | 10.71% |
| 6 | Asml Holding | 553.38 Bn | 509.07 Bn | 5.90 Bn | - |
| 7 | Intel | 294.27 Bn | 140.33 Bn | 7.10 Bn | 0.99% |
| 8 | Applied Materials | 264.14 Bn | 229.58 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 28.98% |
| 9 | Texas Instruments | 253.31 Bn | 228.18 Bn | 3.89 Bn | 25.39% |
| 10 | Canaan | 87.28 Mn | -222.16 Mn | -29.33 Mn | -45.00% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -45.00% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -27.96% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -22.21% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -40.97% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -51.82% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -87.66% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -74.71% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -73.01% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -77.67% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -97.54% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -119.61% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -107.84% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -71.48% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -22.22% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.53% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 47.03% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 59.95% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 63.42% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 68.12% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 25.31% |
Canaan Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=CAN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "CAN", "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=CAN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();