Palladyne AI (PDYNW) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)
Palladyne AI posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 42.63% for Q1 2026, up 416.0% year-on-year from 8.26% in Q1 2025, and down 3.47% on a QoQ basis from 41.2% in Q4 2025.
Palladyne AI (PDYNW) has 6 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 42.63% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 416.0% year-over-year to 42.63%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 42.63% (up 416.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 46.08%, up 386.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 42.63%, down from 41.2% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 41.2% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 209.42% in Q1 2024.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 62.52% (2024), against an average of 98.63%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed sank 13398 bps; it then jumped 16263 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 90.47% in 2022, then sank by 92 bps to 173.92% in 2023, then soared by 64 bps to 62.52% in 2024, then surged by 34 bps to 41.2% in 2025, then slipped by 3 bps to 42.63% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 42.63% (Q1 2026), 41.2% (Q4 2025), and 41.56% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,425.08 Bn | 3,346.81 Bn | 56.06 Bn | 27.43% |
| 2 | Oracle | 712.03 Bn | 673.46 Bn | 15.14 Bn | 10.62% |
| 3 | Palantir Technologies | 384.58 Bn | 376.66 Bn | 1.42 Bn | 24.39% |
| 4 | Palo Alto Networks | 208.80 Bn | 204.26 Bn | 1.91 Bn | 8.75% |
| 5 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 195.63 Bn | 192.58 Bn | 993.68 Mn | -4.62% |
| 6 | Fortinet | 108.69 Bn | 105.40 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 40.10% |
| 7 | Cloudflare | 95.27 Bn | 94.32 Bn | 455.60 Mn | -5.85% |
| 8 | Synopsys | 93.41 Bn | 93.30 Bn | 1.77 Bn | 1.98% |
| 9 | CoreWeave | 65.84 Bn | 63.57 Bn | 2.01 Bn | -0.47% |
| 10 | Palladyne AI | - | - | 1.69 Mn | -42.63% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -42.63% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -41.20% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -41.56% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -43.02% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -46.79% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -62.52% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -155.36% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -188.07% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -209.42% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -173.92% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -178.76% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -140.94% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -117.70% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -90.47% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -44.78% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -53.41% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -46.10% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -34.18% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -22.11% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -8.67% |