Cerence (CRNC) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026)
Cerence (CRNC) posted Return on Capital Employed of 4.81% for Q1 2026, down 43.41% on a QoQ basis from 8.5% in Q4 2025, and up 8208.0% year-over-year from 0.06% in Q1 2025.
Cerence (CRNC) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cerence's Return on Capital Employed history runs 8 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 4.81% for Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 8208.0% year-over-year to 4.81% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.81% (up 8208.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.41%, up 7364.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed was 4.81% for Q1 2026 at Cerence, down from 8.5% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 8.5% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 129.04% in Q4 2024.
- A 5-year average of 29.04% and a median of 14.17% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Capital Employed tumbled 13191 bps — and 2025, when it surged 13754 bps.
- Cerence's Return on Capital Employed stood at 17.91% in 2022, then soared by 116 bps to 2.87% in 2023, then sank by 4592 bps to 129.04% in 2024, then surged by 107 bps to 8.5% in 2025, then slumped by 43 bps to 4.81% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows CRNC's Return on Capital Employed at 4.81% in Q1 2026, 8.5% in Q4 2025, and 0.43% in Q3 2025.
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| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 199.59 Bn | 179.36 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 40.19% |
| 2 | Full Truck Alliance | 193.24 Bn | 190.53 Bn | - | 9.52% |
| 3 | Shopify | 164.78 Bn | 159.04 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 12.40% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 150.52 Bn | 138.68 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 10.65% |
| 5 | Uber Technologies | 139.79 Bn | 138.58 Bn | 5.95 Bn | 12.81% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 109.10 Bn | 104.44 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 10.59% |
| 7 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.68 Bn | 99.45 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -7.29% |
| 8 | Adobe | 95.80 Bn | 90.17 Bn | 5.90 Bn | 51.24% |
| 9 | Snowflake | 93.75 Bn | 90.79 Bn | 926.45 Mn | -25.94% |
| 10 | Cerence | 377.90 Mn | 269.64 Mn | 47.30 Mn | 4.81% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.81% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.50% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -0.43% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -3.63% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -77.27% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -129.04% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -123.03% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -86.02% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -20.64% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.87% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -2.35% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -22.54% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -20.08% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -17.91% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -14.17% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.75% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.56% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.24% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.93% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 4.32% |