Cloudflare (NET) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2019 - 2026)
Cloudflare (NET) recorded Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -9.60% in Q2 2026, down 4.69 percentage points from -4.92% a year earlier and down 3.75 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Cloudflare (NET) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Cloudflare reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -8.94%, down 2.02 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of +2.13 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -6.92% in FY2024 (+1.89 pp), -8.80% in FY2023 (+0.86 pp), -9.66% in FY2022 (-1.62 pp) and -8.04% in FY2021 (+3.03 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q2 2020.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] rose in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.94 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the last five years was a gain of 3.03 percentage points in Q1 2025, against a drop of 4.69 percentage points in Q2 2026 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at -5.85% (Q1 2026), -5.82% (Q4 2025) and -5.58% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,944.62 Bn | 3,880.11 Bn | 62.56 Bn | 26.45% |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 231.10 Bn | 185.71 Bn | 9.71 Bn | 9.65% |
| 3 | Equinix | 100.11 Bn | 88.01 Bn | 1.31 Bn | 5.91% |
| 4 | Cloudflare | 96.02 Bn | 78.46 Bn | 557.23 Mn | -6.94% |
| 5 | Nebius | 31.44 Bn | 4.87 Bn | 448.70 Mn | -2.94% |
| 6 | Verisign | 27.82 Bn | 25.17 Bn | 393.20 Mn | 730.86% |
| 7 | CoreWeave | 25.57 Bn | 12.66 Bn | 1.70 Bn | -0.51% |
| 8 | Nutanix | 15.68 Bn | 7.37 Bn | 651.35 Mn | 10.69% |
| 9 | GoDaddy | 14.30 Bn | 9.69 Bn | 843.00 Mn | 27.83% |
| 10 | Akamai Technologies | 12.01 Bn | 5.41 Bn | 613.75 Mn | 4.33% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -6.94% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -9.60% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -5.85% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -5.82% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -5.58% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -4.92% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -5.70% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -6.48% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -6.94% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -7.57% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -8.74% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -8.80% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -9.28% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -9.41% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -9.55% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -9.40% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -8.95% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -8.28% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -6.54% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -6.21% |
API Access
Cloudflare Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] 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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=NET&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "NET", "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=NET&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();