Freshworks (FRSH) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2021 - 2026)
Freshworks' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 2.98% for Q2 2026, up 10.56 percentage points from -7.58% a year earlier and up 1.55 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Freshworks (FRSH) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Freshworks' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 1.19%, up 13.49 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased in each of the last four years, with a four-year change of +30.37 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -12.30% in FY2024 (+3.29 pp), -15.59% in FY2023 (+4.53 pp), -20.12% in FY2022 (+9.06 pp) and -29.18% in FY2021.
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to Q4 2021.
- Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for 13 consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +7.56 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years came in Q4 2025 (a gain of 13.02 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2022 (a drop of 4.99 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows FRSH's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at 1.44% (Q1 2026), 1.33% (Q4 2025) and -5.16% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 453.55 Bn | 422.61 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 28.02% |
| 2 | Oracle | 430.98 Bn | 303.54 Bn | - | 9.81% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 256.23 Bn | 177.31 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 33.74% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 193.08 Bn | 148.96 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 10.68% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 138.94 Bn | 117.40 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 10.59% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.51 Bn | 84.63 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -46.62% |
| 7 | Intuit | 75.44 Bn | 54.79 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 21.09% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.79 Bn | 57.76 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 56.32 Bn | 49.31 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -68.70% |
| 10 | Freshworks | 3.36 Bn | 320.76 Mn | 201.28 Mn | 2.98% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.98% |
| 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% |
Freshworks Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
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=FRSH&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "FRSH", "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=FRSH&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();