Strategy (MSTR) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Strategy (MSTR) reported Return on Capital Employed of 24.31% for Q1 2026, down 241.0% on a YoY basis from 17.24% in Q1 2025, and down 199.95% sequentially from 8.1% in Q4 2025.

Strategy (MSTR) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Strategy (MSTR) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 24.31% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 241.0% year-over-year to 24.31%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 24.31% (down 241.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 12.58%, down 18.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed retreated to 24.31% in Q1 2026, from 8.1% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 15.95% in Q3 2025 to a low of 59.05% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 18.2% and a median of 11.07% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 3254 bps in 2022 and soared 5598 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Tracing MSTR's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 59.05% in 2022, then surged by 95 bps to 3.07% in 2023, then slumped by 260 bps to 11.07% in 2024, then grew by 27 bps to 8.1% in 2025, then sank by 200 bps to 24.31% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MSTR's Return on Capital Employed at 24.31% in Q1 2026, 8.1% in Q4 2025, and 15.95% 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 Strategy 31.26 Bn 29.06 Bn 83.35 Mn -24.31%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -24.31%
Dec 31, 2025 -8.10%
Sep 30, 2025 15.95%
Jun 30, 2025 12.33%
Mar 31, 2025 -21.90%
Dec 31, 2024 -11.07%
Sep 30, 2024 -11.87%
Jun 30, 2024 -7.54%
Mar 31, 2024 -5.69%
Dec 31, 2023 -3.07%
Sep 30, 2023 -8.58%
Jun 30, 2023 -8.03%
Mar 31, 2023 -46.80%
Dec 31, 2022 -59.05%
Sep 30, 2022 -53.11%
Jun 30, 2022 -45.07%
Mar 31, 2022 -23.42%
Dec 31, 2021 -26.51%
Sep 30, 2021 -25.35%
Jun 30, 2021 -27.33%