Datadog (DDOG) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026)
Datadog (DDOG) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 0.48% in Q1 2026, up 48.66% quarter-over-quarter from 0.93% in Q4 2025, and down 122.0% on a YoY basis from 2.18% in Q1 2025.
Datadog (DDOG) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Datadog's Return on Capital Employed history runs 8 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.48% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 122.0% year-over-year to 0.48%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.48% (down 122.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.96%, down 277.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed was 0.48% for Q1 2026 at Datadog, up from 0.93% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 2.65% in Q3 2024 to a low of 4.99% in Q2 2023.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.74% across 5 years, with a median of 0.48% in 2026.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed plunged 554 bps in 2023, then jumped 692 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 2.74% in 2022, then jumped by 55 bps to 1.22% in 2023, then jumped by 233 bps to 1.62% in 2024, then slumped by 157 bps to 0.93% in 2025, then surged 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 | 238.14 Bn | 220.17 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 40.19% |
| 2 | Full Truck Alliance | 166.83 Bn | 164.28 Bn | - | 9.54% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 150.36 Bn | 149.32 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 12.81% |
| 4 | Shopify | 147.75 Bn | 142.01 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 12.40% |
| 5 | Salesforce | 140.39 Bn | 128.55 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 10.65% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 105.73 Bn | 104.32 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 17.43% |
| 7 | ServiceNow | 105.42 Bn | 100.24 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 12.32% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 89.57 Bn | 86.34 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -20.99% |
| 9 | Adobe | 85.05 Bn | 78.16 Bn | 5.90 Bn | 51.24% |
| 10 | Datadog | 81.57 Bn | 76.81 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% |