Cognyte Software (CGNT) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2021 - 2026)
Cognyte Software (CGNT) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 5.88% for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 4.69 percentage points from 1.19% a year earlier and up 0.50 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Cognyte Software (CGNT) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), Cognyte Software's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 4.65%, up 6.58 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of +0.27 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Cognyte Software's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -1.93% in FY2025 (+4.83 pp), -6.76% in FY2024 (+21.94 pp), -28.70% in FY2023 (-32.05 pp) and 3.35% in FY2022 (-1.02 pp).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to fiscal Q1 2022.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased in each of the last 12 quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +6.17 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2024, with a gain of 30.00 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2023, with a drop of 40.42 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 5.38% (Q1 2027), 4.51% (Q4 2026) and 3.03% (Q3 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 453.55 Bn | 422.61 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 28.02% |
| 2 | Oracle | 430.98 Bn | 303.54 Bn | - | 9.81% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 256.23 Bn | 177.31 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 33.74% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 193.08 Bn | 148.96 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 10.68% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 138.94 Bn | 117.40 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 10.59% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.51 Bn | 84.63 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -46.62% |
| 7 | Intuit | 75.44 Bn | 54.79 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 21.09% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.79 Bn | 57.76 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 56.32 Bn | 49.31 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -68.70% |
| 10 | Cognyte Software | 638.70 Mn | 228.04 Mn | 79.64 Mn | 5.88% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 5.88% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 5.38% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 4.51% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 3.03% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 1.19% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -0.24% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | -1.82% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -3.34% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | -3.38% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | -4.95% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | -6.73% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | -15.49% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | -24.72% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | -33.05% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | -36.73% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -29.06% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -13.47% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -4.61% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 3.69% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 1.97% |
API Access
Cognyte Software 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=CGNT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "CGNT", "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=CGNT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();