Fastly (FSLY) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026)

Fastly's (FSLY) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 7.8% in Q1 2026, up 611.0% year-on-year from 1.1% in Q1 2025, and up 15.41% on a QoQ basis from 9.22% in Q4 2025.

Fastly (FSLY) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Fastly (FSLY) has 8 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 7.8% in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 611.0% year-over-year to 7.8% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 7.8%, a 611.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 9.29%, up 285.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 7.8%, up from 9.22% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for FSLY reached as high as 7.8% in Q1 2026 and fell as low as 14.33% in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 12.7% across 5 years, with a median of 13.12% in 2025.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed plunged 362 bps in 2022 and surged 611 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 14.08% in 2022, then advanced by 2 bps to 13.8% in 2023, then rose by 10 bps to 12.37% in 2024, then climbed by 26 bps to 9.22% in 2025, then grew by 15 bps to 7.8% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 7.8% in Q1 2026, 9.22% in Q4 2025, and 12.15% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn 40.19%
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - 9.52%
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 12.40%
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 12.81%
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 10.65%
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 10.59%
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn -7.29%
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn -25.94%
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 17.43%
10 Fastly 2.98 Bn 2.65 Bn 108.18 Mn -7.80%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -7.80%
Dec 31, 2025 -9.22%
Sep 30, 2025 -12.15%
Jun 30, 2025 -13.12%
Mar 31, 2025 -13.91%
Dec 31, 2024 -12.37%
Sep 30, 2024 -12.92%
Jun 30, 2024 -14.00%
Mar 31, 2024 -14.12%
Dec 31, 2023 -13.80%
Sep 30, 2023 -13.54%
Jun 30, 2023 -12.98%
Mar 31, 2023 -13.14%
Dec 31, 2022 -14.08%
Sep 30, 2022 -14.33%
Jun 30, 2022 -12.87%
Mar 31, 2022 -11.57%
Dec 31, 2021 -10.86%
Sep 30, 2021 -10.82%
Jun 30, 2021 -9.25%