Growth Metrics

Cloudflare (NET) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026)

Cloudflare has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 8 years, most recently at 5.85% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 5.85% for Q1 2026, down 15.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Mar 2026 was 5.85% (down 15.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 8.94%, down 202.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 5.85% in Q1 2026 per NET's latest filing, down from 5.82% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 4.92% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 9.55% in Q1 2023.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 7.57% (2024), compared with a mean of 7.52%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed tumbled -318bps in 2022 before it surged 303bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 9.4% in 2022, then grew by 6bps to 8.8% in 2023, then rose by 26bps to 6.48% in 2024, then increased by 10bps to 5.82% in 2025, then decreased by -1bps to 5.85% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for NET at 5.85% in Q1 2026, 5.82% in Q4 2025, and 5.58% in Q3 2025.