ZW Data Action Technologies CNET
NASDAQ CNET
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ZW Data Action Technologies (CNET) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2013 - 2019)

Updated

ZW Data Action Technologies (CNET) posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -16.33% for Q4 2019, up 141.12 percentage points from -157.45% a year earlier and up 28.53 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

ZW Data Action Technologies (CNET) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2013 - 2019) Analysis & Trends

For FY2019, ZW Data Action Technologies' Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at -16.46%, up 100.12 percentage points from FY2018.

  • Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] shows a five-year change of +13.84 percentage points (FY2014 to FY2019).
  • In prior years, ZW Data Action Technologies' Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was -116.58% in FY2018 (-68.69 pp) and -47.89% in FY2017.
  • The Q4 2019 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since Q3 2014.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -24.57 percentage points over the last seven quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the past five years was Q4 2019, with a gain of 141.12 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2018, with a drop of 143.29 percentage points.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] for the three prior quarters was -44.86% (Q3 2019), -91.46% (Q2 2019) and -170.82% (Q1 2019).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Palantir Technologies 453.55 Bn 422.61 Bn 1.64 Bn -
2 Oracle 430.98 Bn 303.54 Bn - 10.99%
3 Sap Se 256.23 Bn 177.31 Bn 8.40 Bn 32.24%
4 Salesforce 193.08 Bn 148.96 Bn 8.70 Bn 9.01%
5 ServiceNow 138.94 Bn 117.40 Bn 2.82 Bn -
6 Automatic Data Processing 102.51 Bn 84.63 Bn 2.51 Bn -46.53%
7 Intuit 75.44 Bn 54.79 Bn 3.44 Bn 16.71%
8 Relx 60.79 Bn 57.76 Bn - -
9 Strategy 56.32 Bn 49.31 Bn 81.55 Mn -73.94%
10 ZW Data Action Technologies 6.02 Mn 2.02 Mn 47,000.00 -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2019 -16.33%
Sep 30, 2019 -44.86%
Jun 30, 2019 -91.46%
Mar 31, 2019 -170.82%
Dec 31, 2018 -157.45%
Sep 30, 2018 -170.96%
Jun 30, 2018 -97.00%
Mar 31, 2018 -48.92%
Dec 31, 2017 -51.27%
Sep 30, 2017 -27.67%
Jun 30, 2017 -23.60%
Dec 31, 2016 -25.49%
Sep 30, 2016 -25.52%
Mar 31, 2015 -37.73%
Dec 31, 2014 -31.45%
Sep 30, 2014 -10.72%
Jun 30, 2014 -4.65%
Mar 31, 2014 0.00%
Dec 31, 2013 0.00%
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