Docusign (DOCU) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2018 - 2026)
Docusign (DOCU) recorded Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 20.11% in fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 8.83 percentage points from 11.28% a year earlier and up 4.35 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Docusign (DOCU) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), Docusign reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 14.34%, up 2.30 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for three straight fiscal years, with a five-year change of +31.38 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 12.04% in FY2025 (+9.67 pp), 2.38% in FY2024 (+17.86 pp), -15.48% in FY2023 (-9.68 pp) and -5.80% in FY2022 (+11.24 pp).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to fiscal Q1 2019.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for 13 consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +6.00 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the last five years was a gain of 15.38 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2024, against a drop of 7.66 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2023 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 15.76% (Q1 2027), 14.45% (Q4 2026) and 12.43% (Q3 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 456.65 Bn | 425.71 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 28.02% |
| 2 | Oracle | 417.55 Bn | 290.11 Bn | - | 9.81% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 259.04 Bn | 180.13 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 33.74% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 194.78 Bn | 150.65 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 10.68% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 142.47 Bn | 120.93 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 10.59% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 105.00 Bn | 87.13 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -46.62% |
| 7 | Intuit | 75.89 Bn | 55.24 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 21.09% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.92 Bn | 57.89 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 56.49 Bn | 49.48 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -68.70% |
| 10 | Docusign | 13.12 Bn | 9.83 Bn | 697.87 Mn | 20.11% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 20.11% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 15.76% |
| 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% |
API Access
Docusign Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=DOCU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "DOCU", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=DOCU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();