Salesforce (CRM) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)
Salesforce (CRM) posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 8.95% for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 2.18 percentage points from 6.77% a year earlier and up 1.61 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Salesforce (CRM) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), Salesforce's Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 6.93%, up 0.82 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] has increased for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of +0.22 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Salesforce's Return on Assets [ROA] was 6.11% in FY2025 (+1.95 pp), 4.16% in FY2024 (+3.95 pp), 0.21% in FY2023 (-1.57 pp) and 1.79% in FY2022 (-4.92 pp).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] in data going back to fiscal Q3 2010.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] has increased in each of the last 13 quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.52 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] in the past five years was fiscal Q1 2025, with a gain of 5.22 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q1 2023, with a drop of 5.66 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Assets [ROA] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 7.34% (Q1 2027), 7.23% (Q4 2026) and 7.47% (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 386.53 Bn | 351.35 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 29.40% |
| 2 | Oracle | 335.22 Bn | 207.35 Bn | - | 6.70% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 271.75 Bn | 199.15 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 11.18% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 176.16 Bn | 132.03 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 8.95% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 122.23 Bn | 109.03 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 7.15% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 105.91 Bn | 85.17 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 4.55% |
| 7 | Intuit | 94.45 Bn | 73.80 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 12.00% |
| 8 | Relx | 73.82 Bn | 72.91 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Thomson Reuters | 50.83 Bn | 46.80 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Strategy | 50.63 Bn | 37.77 Bn | 89.63 Mn | -21.07% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 8.95% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 7.34% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 7.23% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 7.47% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 6.77% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 6.13% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 6.36% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 6.50% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 6.02% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 5.62% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 4.33% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 2.83% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 1.70% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 0.39% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 0.22% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 0.30% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 0.57% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 1.07% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 1.58% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 1.94% |
Salesforce Return on Assets [ROA] 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-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=CRM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "CRM", "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-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=CRM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();