Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (KC) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026)
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -1.85% in Q2 2026, up 13.51 percentage points from -15.36% a year earlier and up 2.16 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (KC) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at Kingsoft Cloud Holdings came in at -6.08%, up 17.47 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of -6.08 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -23.55% in FY2024 (-1.63 pp), -21.92% in FY2023 (-5.13 pp), -16.79% in FY2022 (+30.53 pp) and -47.33% in FY2021 (-47.32 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to Q1 2020.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for six straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +9.98 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years was Q4 2025 (a gain of 28.57 percentage points); the worst was Q2 2022 (a drop of 16.42 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, KC's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was -4.01% (Q1 2026), -4.55% (Q4 2025) and -4.96% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,843.70 Bn | 3,766.85 Bn | 60.48 Bn | 27.85% |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 209.74 Bn | 160.64 Bn | 9.91 Bn | 9.40% |
| 3 | Cloudflare | 112.41 Bn | 95.94 Bn | 499.52 Mn | -9.60% |
| 4 | Equinix | 101.21 Bn | 89.76 Bn | 1.40 Bn | 5.75% |
| 5 | Nebius | 61.44 Bn | 34.87 Bn | 448.70 Mn | -2.94% |
| 6 | CoreWeave | 49.38 Bn | 36.47 Bn | 1.70 Bn | -0.51% |
| 7 | Verisign | 26.06 Bn | 23.28 Bn | 384.60 Mn | - |
| 8 | Nutanix | 19.56 Bn | 11.24 Bn | 651.35 Mn | 10.69% |
| 9 | Akamai Technologies | 15.64 Bn | 9.05 Bn | 613.75 Mn | 4.33% |
| 10 | Kingsoft Cloud Holdings | 2.69 Bn | -114.87 Mn | 68.71 Mn | -1.85% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -1.85% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -4.01% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -4.55% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -4.96% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -15.36% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -19.15% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -33.12% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -27.65% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -19.56% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -21.22% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -28.02% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -26.42% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -22.25% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -23.17% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -21.29% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -20.28% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -30.85% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -27.91% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -14.43% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -39.46% |
API Access
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=KC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "KC", "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=KC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();