Freshworks (FRSH) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)
Freshworks' (FRSH) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 1.44% in Q1 2026, up 1148.0% year-on-year from 0.12% in Q1 2025, and up 7.55% quarter-over-quarter from 1.33% in Q4 2025.
Freshworks (FRSH) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Freshworks has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 6 years of filings, most recently posting 1.44% for Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 1.44%, up 1148.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.44% (up 1148.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.19%, up 1349.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed came in at 1.44% for Q1 2026 at Freshworks, up from 1.33% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 1.44% in Q1 2026 to a low of 27.38% in Q2 2022.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 13.7% (2024), against an average of 13.82%.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed plunged 499 bps in 2022 and jumped 1302 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
- Freshworks' Return on Capital Employed stood at 21.22% in 2022, then climbed by 28 bps to 15.33% in 2023, then rose by 24 bps to 11.69% in 2024, then surged by 111 bps to 1.33% in 2025, then increased by 8 bps to 1.44% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 1.44% (Q1 2026), 1.33% (Q4 2025), and 5.16% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 238.14 Bn | 220.17 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 40.19% |
| 2 | Full Truck Alliance | 166.83 Bn | 164.28 Bn | - | 9.54% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 150.36 Bn | 149.32 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 12.81% |
| 4 | Shopify | 147.75 Bn | 142.01 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 12.40% |
| 5 | Salesforce | 140.39 Bn | 128.55 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 10.65% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 105.73 Bn | 104.32 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 17.43% |
| 7 | ServiceNow | 105.42 Bn | 100.24 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 12.32% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 89.57 Bn | 86.34 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -20.99% |
| 9 | Adobe | 85.05 Bn | 78.16 Bn | 5.90 Bn | 51.24% |
| 10 | Freshworks | 2.69 Bn | 2.14 Bn | 193.95 Mn | 1.44% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.44% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.33% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -5.16% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -7.58% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -10.05% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -11.69% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -13.11% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -13.60% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -13.70% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -15.33% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -17.29% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -19.05% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -21.30% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -21.22% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -20.49% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -27.38% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -20.76% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -16.23% |