Salesforce (CRM) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026)
Salesforce's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 10.68% for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 0.11 percentage points from 10.57% a year earlier and up 0.02 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Salesforce (CRM) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), Salesforce's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 11.82%, up 2.00 percentage points from FY2025.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased in each of the last four fiscal years, with a five-year change of +10.76 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 9.82% in FY2025 (+2.92 pp), 6.89% in FY2024 (+5.44 pp), 1.45% in FY2023 (+0.52 pp) and 0.93% in FY2022 (-0.13 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] is 0.10% (fiscal Q2 2023) to 12.51% (fiscal Q4 2026).
- Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for 15 consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.87 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years came in fiscal Q1 2025 (a gain of 6.52 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q2 2023 (a drop of 1.76 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows CRM's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at 10.65% (Q1 2027), 12.51% (Q4 2026) and 11.05% (Q3 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 480.73 Bn | 449.68 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 28.02% |
| 2 | Oracle | 399.91 Bn | 272.04 Bn | - | 9.81% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 262.30 Bn | 190.08 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 34.43% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 202.26 Bn | 158.13 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 10.68% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 153.84 Bn | 132.30 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 10.59% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 114.84 Bn | 96.97 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -46.62% |
| 7 | Intuit | 91.04 Bn | 70.38 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 21.09% |
| 8 | Relx | 70.51 Bn | 69.60 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 53.24 Bn | 46.23 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -68.70% |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 48.40 Bn | 45.18 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 10.68% |
| 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% |
API Access
Salesforce Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] 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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=CRM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=CRM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();