Oracle (ORCL) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026)
Oracle (ORCL) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 9.81% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 3.54 percentage points from 13.35% a year earlier but up 0.08 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Oracle (ORCL) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Oracle's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 11.89%, down 2.60 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of -3.46 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Oracle's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 14.49% in FY2025 (+0.02 pp), 14.47% in FY2024 (+1.21 pp), 13.26% in FY2023 (+2.41 pp) and 10.85% in FY2022 (-4.50 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has run from a low of 9.73% in fiscal Q4 2026 to a high of 14.52% in fiscal Q1 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined in each of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.62 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2024, with a gain of 2.37 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2022, with a drop of 4.70 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 9.73% (Q4 2026), 10.62% (Q3 2026) and 11.93% (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 452.16 Bn | 421.11 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 28.02% |
| 2 | Oracle | 384.98 Bn | 257.11 Bn | - | 9.81% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 261.27 Bn | 189.05 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 34.43% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 196.25 Bn | 152.13 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 10.68% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 146.15 Bn | 124.61 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 10.59% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 115.38 Bn | 97.51 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -46.62% |
| 7 | Intuit | 89.32 Bn | 68.67 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 21.09% |
| 8 | Relx | 71.55 Bn | 70.64 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 49.92 Bn | 42.91 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -68.70% |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 48.61 Bn | 45.39 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 9.81% |
| May 31, 2026 | 9.73% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 10.62% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 11.93% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 13.35% |
| May 31, 2025 | 13.37% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 13.77% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 14.19% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 14.52% |
| May 31, 2024 | 14.28% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 13.36% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 12.89% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 12.50% |
| May 31, 2023 | 11.91% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 12.56% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 13.71% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 11.91% |
| May 31, 2022 | 12.21% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 12.61% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 11.48% |
API Access
Oracle 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=ORCL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "ORCL", "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=ORCL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();