Equinix (EQIX) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2010 - 2026)
Equinix (EQIX) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 5.91% for Q3 2026, up 1.59 percentage points from 4.32% a year earlier and up 0.16 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Equinix (EQIX) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Equinix's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 5.48%, up 1.13 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +0.99 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Equinix's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 4.35% in FY2024 (-0.74 pp), 5.10% in FY2023 (+0.70 pp), 4.40% in FY2022 (+0.11 pp) and 4.29% in FY2021 (-0.20 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q4 2015.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.26 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was Q3 2026, with a gain of 1.59 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2025, with a drop of 0.96 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior quarters was 5.75% (Q2 2026), 5.47% (Q1 2026) and 5.25% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,944.62 Bn | 3,880.11 Bn | 62.56 Bn | 26.45% |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 231.10 Bn | 185.71 Bn | 9.71 Bn | 9.65% |
| 3 | Equinix | 100.11 Bn | 88.01 Bn | 1.31 Bn | 5.91% |
| 4 | Cloudflare | 96.02 Bn | 78.46 Bn | 557.23 Mn | -6.94% |
| 5 | Nebius | 31.44 Bn | 4.87 Bn | 448.70 Mn | -2.94% |
| 6 | Verisign | 27.82 Bn | 25.17 Bn | 393.20 Mn | 730.86% |
| 7 | CoreWeave | 25.57 Bn | 12.66 Bn | 1.70 Bn | -0.51% |
| 8 | Nutanix | 15.68 Bn | 7.37 Bn | 651.35 Mn | 10.69% |
| 9 | GoDaddy | 14.30 Bn | 9.69 Bn | 843.00 Mn | 27.83% |
| 10 | Akamai Technologies | 12.01 Bn | 5.41 Bn | 613.75 Mn | 4.33% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 5.91% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.75% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.47% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.25% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.32% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.45% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.41% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.16% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.28% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.21% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.84% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.97% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.64% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.50% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.53% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.29% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.25% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.15% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.09% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.22% |
API Access
Equinix Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=EQIX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "EQIX", "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=EQIX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();