Salesforce (CRM) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)
Salesforce's (CRM) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 10.65% in Q2 2026, up 94.0% YoY from 5.49% in Q2 2025, and down 14.81% on a QoQ basis from 12.51% in Q1 2026.
Salesforce (CRM) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Salesforce (CRM) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 10.65% in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 94.0% year-over-year to 10.65% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 10.65% (up 94.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 11.82%, up 200.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed fell to 10.65% in Q2 2026, from 12.51% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 12.51% in Q1 2026 to a low of 0.1% in Q3 2022.
- A 5-year average of 6.31% and a median of 7.86% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed slumped 176 bps — and 2024, when it jumped 652 bps.
- Tracing CRM's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 0.66% in 2022, then jumped by 679 bps to 5.18% in 2023, then jumped by 87 bps to 9.68% in 2024, then grew by 14 bps to 11.05% in 2025, then declined by 4 bps to 10.65% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 10.65% (Q2 2026), 12.51% (Q1 2026), and 11.05% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 10.65% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 12.51% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 11.05% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 10.57% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 9.71% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 10.41% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 9.68% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 9.04% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 8.43% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 7.28% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 5.18% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 3.75% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 1.91% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 1.48% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 0.66% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 0.10% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 0.29% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 0.79% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 1.26% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 1.86% |