Creative Realities (CREX) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2016 - 2026)
Creative Realities (CREX) recorded Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -24.96% in Q2 2026, down 20.11 percentage points from -4.85% a year earlier and down 2.17 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Creative Realities (CREX) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Creative Realities reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -17.06%, down 19.70 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of +53.12 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 2.64% in FY2024 (-1.73 pp), 4.37% in FY2023 (+16.98 pp), -12.60% in FY2022 (+6.33 pp) and -18.93% in FY2021 (+51.25 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has ranged from -33.36% in Q3 2025 to 6.78% in Q3 2024 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined for seven consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -13.62 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the last five years was a gain of 70.52 percentage points in Q4 2021, against a drop of 40.15 percentage points in Q3 2025 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at -22.78% (Q1 2026), -19.41% (Q4 2025) and -33.36% (Q3 2025).
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 | Creative Realities | 26.42 Mn | 12.02 Mn | 8.30 Mn | -24.96% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -24.96% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -22.78% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -19.41% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -33.36% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -4.85% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.41% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.78% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.61% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.84% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.20% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -6.19% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -8.13% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -5.43% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -7.22% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -6.63% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -6.90% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -14.45% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -17.54% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -11.93% |
Creative Realities Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=CREX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "CREX", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=CREX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();