Datadog (DDOG) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026)
Datadog's quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 0.48% in Q1 2026, down 122.0% year-on-year from 2.18% in Q1 2025, and up 48.66% quarter-over-quarter from 0.93% in Q4 2025.
Datadog has reported Return on Capital Employed for 8 years, with the latest figure at 0.48% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 122.0% year-over-year to 0.48%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.48% (down 122.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.96%, down 277.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 0.48%, up from 0.93% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 2.65% in Q3 2024, with the low at 4.99% in Q2 2023.
- Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.74%, with a median of 0.48% recorded in 2026.
- Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed plunged 554 bps in 2023 and soared 692 bps in 2024.
- Tracing DDOG's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 2.74% in 2022, then surged by 55 bps to 1.22% in 2023, then surged by 233 bps to 1.62% in 2024, then sank by 157 bps to 0.93% in 2025, then soared by 49 bps to 0.48% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.48% (Q1 2026), 0.93% (Q4 2025), and 0.96% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 40.19% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 12.51% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 12.81% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 12.40% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 12.32% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 17.43% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 49.21% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -20.99% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 23.43% |
| 10 | Datadog | 78.54 Bn | 73.78 Bn | 797.20 Mn | -0.48% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -0.48% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -0.93% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -0.96% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -0.40% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.74% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.62% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.65% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.94% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.44% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -1.22% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -3.71% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -4.99% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -4.53% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -2.74% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.76% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.55% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.22% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -1.09% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -2.16% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -2.51% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -1.90% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -0.89% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -1.47% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -1.70% |