KPIs & Operating Metrics(New)
Growth Metrics

Docusign (DOCU) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2026)

Docusign (DOCU) reported Return on Capital Employed of 14.45% for Q1 2026, up 474.0% year-over-year from 2.52% in Q1 2025, and up 16.22% on a QoQ basis from 12.43% in Q4 2025.

Docusign (DOCU) has 9 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 14.45% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 474.0% year-over-year to 14.45% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 14.45% (up 474.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 14.34%, up 230.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed climbed to 14.45% in Q1 2026 per DOCU's latest filing, from 12.43% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 14.45% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 13.26% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 2.12% (2024), against an average of 1.65%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed tumbled 766 bps; it then jumped 1538 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing DOCU's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 9.03% in 2022, then soared by 121 bps to 1.92% in 2023, then soared by 259 bps to 6.91% in 2024, then soared by 80 bps to 12.43% in 2025, then climbed by 16 bps to 14.45% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest DOCU Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 14.45% (Q1 2026), 12.43% (Q4 2025), and 11.28% (Q3 2025).

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 Docusign 10.01 Bn 9.14 Bn 667.08 Mn 14.45%

Historic Data

Download Data 🔒
DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 14.45%
Oct 31, 2025 12.43%
Jul 31, 2025 11.28%
Apr 30, 2025 10.61%
Jan 31, 2025 9.71%
Oct 31, 2024 6.91%
Jul 31, 2024 6.35%
Apr 30, 2024 4.38%
Jan 31, 2024 2.12%
Oct 31, 2023 1.92%
Jul 31, 2023 -2.67%
Apr 30, 2023 -8.39%
Jan 31, 2023 -13.26%
Oct 31, 2022 -9.03%
Jul 31, 2022 -7.29%
Apr 30, 2022 -5.80%
Jan 31, 2022 -5.60%
Oct 31, 2021 -5.49%
Jul 31, 2021 -9.56%
Apr 30, 2021 -11.71%
Jan 31, 2021 -15.80%
Oct 31, 2020 -16.94%
Jul 31, 2020 -16.49%
Apr 30, 2020 -16.40%
Jan 31, 2020 -16.90%
Oct 31, 2019 -18.03%
Jul 31, 2019 -19.41%
Apr 30, 2019 -17.43%
Jan 31, 2019 -37.04%
Oct 31, 2018 -36.63%
Jul 31, 2018 -64.46%
Apr 30, 2018 -117.75%