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

Strategy recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 24.31% in Q1 2026, down 199.95% quarter-over-quarter from 8.1% in Q4 2025, and down 241.0% year-over-year from 17.24% in Q1 2025.

Strategy's Return on Capital Employed history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 24.31% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 241.0% year-over-year to 24.31%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 24.31% (down 241.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 12.58%, down 18.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 24.31% for Q1 2026 at Strategy, down 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 plunged 3254 bps in 2022 and jumped 5598 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Strategy's Return on Capital Employed stood at 59.05% in 2022, then jumped by 95 bps to 3.07% in 2023, then plunged by 260 bps to 11.07% in 2024, then rose by 27 bps to 8.1% in 2025, then tumbled by 200 bps to 24.31% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 24.31%, 8.1%, and 15.95% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

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 Strategy 53.39 Bn 53.39 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%
Mar 31, 2021 -11.77%
Dec 31, 2020 -1.63%
Sep 30, 2020 -0.78%
Jun 30, 2020 3.40%
Mar 31, 2020 1.48%
Jun 30, 2019 -1.58%
Mar 31, 2019 -1.17%
Dec 31, 2018 0.64%
Sep 30, 2018 3.28%
Jun 30, 2018 5.30%
Mar 31, 2018 7.81%
Dec 31, 2017 12.15%
Sep 30, 2017 15.07%
Jun 30, 2017 16.97%
Mar 31, 2017 18.69%
Dec 31, 2016 19.33%
Sep 30, 2016 21.65%
Jun 30, 2016 22.94%
Mar 31, 2016 27.38%
Dec 31, 2015 28.53%
Sep 30, 2015 27.67%
Jun 30, 2015 20.47%
Mar 31, 2015 9.68%
Dec 31, 2014 1.41%
Sep 30, 2014 -2.79%
Jun 30, 2014 2.69%
Mar 31, 2014 5.67%
Dec 31, 2013 5.79%
Sep 30, 2013 4.49%
Jun 30, 2013 3.10%
Mar 31, 2013 7.72%
Dec 31, 2012 13.36%
Sep 30, 2012 14.25%
Jun 30, 2012 11.48%
Mar 31, 2012 9.20%
Dec 31, 2011 9.65%
Sep 30, 2011 11.57%