Datadog (DDOG) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026)
Datadog's (DDOG) 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 (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.
- On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 122.0% year-over-year to 0.48% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.48%, a 122.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.96%, down 277.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed advanced to 0.48% in Q1 2026 per DDOG's latest filing, from 0.93% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 2.65% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 4.99% in Q2 2023.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.48% (2026), against an average of 0.74%.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed plunged 554 bps in 2023 and soared 692 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
- Year by year, Return on Capital Employed 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 plunged by 157 bps to 0.93% in 2025, then surged by 49 bps to 0.48% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest DDOG Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 0.48% (Q1 2026), 0.93% (Q4 2025), and 0.96% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 208.91 Bn | 189.27 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 40.19% |
| 2 | Full Truck Alliance | 188.77 Bn | 186.13 Bn | - | 9.52% |
| 3 | Shopify | 145.98 Bn | 140.23 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 12.40% |
| 4 | Uber Technologies | 141.48 Bn | 140.44 Bn | 5.95 Bn | 12.81% |
| 5 | Salesforce | 128.51 Bn | 116.67 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 10.65% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 98.38 Bn | 93.20 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 10.59% |
| 7 | Automatic Data Processing | 97.56 Bn | 94.34 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -7.29% |
| 8 | Snowflake | 91.55 Bn | 88.59 Bn | 926.45 Mn | -25.94% |
| 9 | Cadence Design Systems | 89.91 Bn | 88.50 Bn | 1.41 Bn | 17.43% |
| 10 | Datadog | 86.34 Bn | 81.58 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% |