Growth Metrics

Guidewire Software (GWRE) Return on Capital Employed (2012 - 2026)

Guidewire Software's quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 4.12% in Q1 2026, up 409.0% year-on-year from 0.81% in Q1 2025, and up 46.95% quarter-over-quarter from 2.81% in Q4 2025.

Guidewire Software has reported Return on Capital Employed for 15 years, with the latest figure at 4.12% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 409.0% year-over-year to 4.12%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at 4.12% (up 409.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 2.13%, up 621.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 4.12%, up from 2.81% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 4.12% in Q1 2026, with the low at 11.31% in Q1 2023.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 4.83%, with a median of 5.9% recorded in 2024.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed slumped 590 bps in 2022 and jumped 685 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing GWRE's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 11.25% in 2022, then soared by 44 bps to 6.35% in 2023, then jumped by 79 bps to 1.31% in 2024, then jumped by 314 bps to 2.81% in 2025, then jumped by 47 bps to 4.12% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 4.12% (Q1 2026), 2.81% (Q4 2025), and 1.99% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 40.19%
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 12.51%
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 12.81%
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 12.40%
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 12.32%
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 17.43%
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 49.21%
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn -20.99%
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 23.43%
10 Guidewire Software 11.90 Bn 10.98 Bn 231.52 Mn 4.12%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 4.12%
Oct 31, 2025 2.81%
Jul 31, 2025 1.99%
Apr 30, 2025 1.03%
Jan 31, 2025 0.03%
Oct 31, 2024 -1.31%
Jul 31, 2024 -4.06%
Apr 30, 2024 -4.30%
Jan 31, 2024 -5.90%
Oct 31, 2023 -6.35%
Jul 31, 2023 -9.35%
Apr 30, 2023 -11.15%
Jan 31, 2023 -11.31%
Oct 31, 2022 -11.25%
Jul 31, 2022 -10.64%
Apr 30, 2022 -8.65%
Jan 31, 2022 -7.78%
Oct 31, 2021 -6.81%
Jul 31, 2021 -5.32%
Apr 30, 2021 -2.94%
Jan 31, 2021 -1.88%
Oct 31, 2020 -1.43%
Jul 31, 2020 -1.16%
Apr 30, 2020 -2.31%
Jan 31, 2020 -1.84%
Oct 31, 2019 -1.27%
Jul 31, 2019 0.08%
Apr 30, 2019 1.54%
Jan 31, 2019 0.84%
Oct 31, 2018 0.97%
Jul 31, 2018 -0.94%
Apr 30, 2018 -2.00%
Jan 31, 2018 -0.28%
Oct 31, 2017 0.95%
Jul 31, 2017 2.51%
Apr 30, 2017 1.11%
Jan 31, 2017 0.95%
Oct 31, 2016 0.88%
Jul 31, 2016 2.14%
Apr 30, 2016 2.24%
Jan 31, 2016 2.18%
Oct 31, 2015 1.56%
Jul 31, 2015 2.42%
Apr 30, 2015 2.96%
Jan 31, 2015 4.00%
Oct 31, 2014 4.09%
Jul 31, 2014 2.83%
Apr 30, 2014 3.31%
Jan 31, 2014 2.64%
Oct 31, 2013 3.97%
Jul 31, 2013 13.06%
Apr 30, 2013 5.30%
Jan 31, 2013 10.02%
Oct 31, 2012 9.91%
Jul 31, 2012 15.48%
Apr 30, 2012 7.45%