Growth Metrics

Elastic (ESTC) Return on Invested Capital (2018 - 2026)

Elastic recorded quarterly Return on Invested Capital of 0.01% in Q1 2026, down 83.15% quarter-over-quarter from 0.04% in Q4 2025, and up 1.0% year-over-year from 0.01% in Q1 2025.

Elastic's Return on Invested Capital history runs 9 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.01% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.01%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 0.01% (up 1.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.0%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.01% for Q1 2026 at Elastic, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.04% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.01% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.0% and a median of 0.0% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • On a YoY basis, Return on Invested Capital climbed as much as 4 bps in 2025 and fell as far as 1 bps in 2025.
  • Elastic's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.0% in 2022, then grew by 17 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then jumped by 125 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then soared by 7421 bps to 0.04% in 2025, then slumped by 83 bps to 0.01% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods registered 0.01%, 0.04%, and 0.01% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 0.00%
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 0.00%
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 0.00%
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 0.00%
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 0.00%
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 0.00%
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn -0.01%
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 0.00%
10 Elastic 5.79 Bn 5.05 Bn 343.44 Mn 0.01%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 0.01%
Oct 31, 2025 0.04%
Jul 31, 2025 -0.01%
Apr 30, 2025 0.00%
Jan 31, 2025 0.00%
Oct 31, 2024 0.00%
Jul 31, 2024 0.00%
Apr 30, 2024 0.00%
Jan 31, 2024 0.00%
Oct 31, 2023 0.00%
Jul 31, 2023 0.00%
Apr 30, 2023 0.00%
Jan 31, 2023 0.00%
Oct 31, 2022 0.00%
Jul 31, 2022 0.00%
Apr 30, 2022 0.00%
Jan 31, 2022 0.00%
Oct 31, 2021 0.00%
Jul 31, 2021 0.00%
Apr 30, 2021 0.00%
Jan 31, 2021 0.00%
Oct 31, 2020 0.00%
Jul 31, 2020 0.00%
Apr 30, 2020 0.00%
Jan 31, 2020 0.00%
Oct 31, 2019 0.00%
Jul 31, 2019 0.00%
Apr 30, 2019 0.00%
Jan 31, 2019 0.00%
Oct 31, 2018 -0.01%
Jul 31, 2018 0.00%