Oracle (ORCL) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Oracle (ORCL) reported Return on Capital Employed of 10.62% for Q1 2026, up 713.0% on a YoY basis from 1.31% in Q1 2025, and down 10.94% quarter-over-quarter from 11.93% in Q4 2025.

Oracle (ORCL) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Oracle has reported Return on Capital Employed for 18 years, with the latest figure at 10.62% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 713.0% year-over-year to 10.62%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 stood at 10.62% (up 713.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 14.49%, up 1216.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 10.62%, down from 11.93% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 13.37% in Q2 2025, with the low at 2.83% in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 3.96% across 5 years, with a median of 2.83% in 2023.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed sank 567 bps — and 2025, when it soared 1107 bps.
  • Oracle's Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.45% in 2022, then surged by 95 bps to 2.83% in 2023, then climbed by 13 bps to 3.21% in 2024, then jumped by 272 bps to 11.93% in 2025, then decreased by 11 bps to 10.62% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 10.62% (Q1 2026), 11.93% (Q4 2025), and 13.35% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,998.30 Bn 2,920.03 Bn 56.06 Bn 27.43%
2 Alarum Technologies 1,040.72 Bn 1,026.57 Bn 7.23 Mn 0.01%
3 Oracle 590.32 Bn 551.74 Bn 15.14 Bn 10.62%
4 Palantir Technologies 316.31 Bn 308.39 Bn 1.42 Bn 24.39%
5 Palo Alto Networks 181.17 Bn 176.63 Bn 1.91 Bn 8.75%
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 161.69 Bn 158.63 Bn 993.68 Mn -4.62%
7 Fortinet 102.35 Bn 99.06 Bn 1.49 Bn 40.10%
8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn 1.98%
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn -5.85%
10 CoreWeave 51.85 Bn 49.58 Bn 2.01 Bn -0.47%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 10.62%
Nov 30, 2025 11.93%
Aug 31, 2025 13.35%
May 31, 2025 13.37%
Feb 28, 2025 3.49%
Nov 30, 2024 3.21%
Aug 31, 2024 2.86%
May 31, 2024 2.30%
Feb 29, 2024 3.28%
Nov 30, 2023 2.83%
Aug 31, 2023 2.35%
May 31, 2023 1.75%
Feb 28, 2023 0.86%
Nov 30, 2022 1.45%
Aug 31, 2022 -2.83%
May 31, 2022 -1.79%
Feb 28, 2022 -1.74%
Nov 30, 2021 -1.52%
Aug 31, 2021 2.83%
May 31, 2021 2.72%