Materialise (MTLS) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2014 - 2026)
Materialise (MTLS) posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 3.03% for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, up 1.73 percentage points from 1.31% a year earlier but down 0.50 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Materialise (MTLS) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, Materialise's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 2.99%, down 0.06 percentage points from the prior year.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] shows a five-year change of +4.52 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- In prior years, Materialise's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 3.05% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+1.24 pp), 1.81% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+2.67 pp), -0.86% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-4.92 pp) and 4.06% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+5.59 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has run from a low of -0.06% in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2022 to a high of 3.94% in the quarter ended Mar 31, 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.40 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the past five years was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2021, with a gain of 5.78 percentage points; the weakest was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2022, with a drop of 3.98 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] for the three prior quarters was 3.53% (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), 3.36% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026) and 2.65% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 407.24 Bn | 372.07 Bn | 1.93 Bn | - |
| 2 | Oracle | 353.19 Bn | 225.32 Bn | - | 10.99% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 278.10 Bn | 205.50 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 35.64% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 177.62 Bn | 133.49 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 9.01% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 121.89 Bn | 108.69 Bn | 2.53 Bn | -47.20% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 107.55 Bn | 86.81 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 5.25% |
| 7 | Intuit | 94.23 Bn | 73.58 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 16.71% |
| 8 | Relx | 73.25 Bn | 72.34 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 50.17 Bn | 37.31 Bn | 89.63 Mn | -27.59% |
| 10 | Materialise | 404.90 Mn | -231.64 Mn | 44.91 Mn | 3.03% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 3.03% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.53% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.36% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.65% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.31% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.74% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.73% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.40% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.52% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.84% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.10% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.92% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.87% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.92% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.73% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.06% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.43% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.07% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.94% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.93% |
API Access
Materialise Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=MTLS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "MTLS", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=MTLS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();