Growth Metrics

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

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DateValue
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%