Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026)
Palantir Technologies (PLTR) recorded Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 30.95% in Q3 2026, up 17.99 percentage points from 12.95% a year earlier and up 2.93 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Palantir Technologies reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 21.94%, up 14.94 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for five straight years, with a five-year change of +98.23 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 7.00% in FY2024 (+3.30 pp), 3.70% in FY2023 (+9.52 pp), -5.83% in FY2022 (+11.98 pp) and -17.80% in FY2021 (+58.49 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to Q4 2020.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for 20 consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +9.91 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year gain in Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] ran from 2.25 percentage points in Q1 2025 to 44.72 percentage points in Q2 2022.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 28.02% (Q2 2026), 24.39% (Q1 2026) and 19.29% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 401.78 Bn | 366.60 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 30.95% |
| 2 | Oracle | 350.69 Bn | 222.82 Bn | - | 9.81% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 277.47 Bn | 204.87 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 34.05% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 175.91 Bn | 131.78 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 10.68% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 120.96 Bn | 107.76 Bn | 2.53 Bn | -53.96% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 106.15 Bn | 85.41 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 7.48% |
| 7 | Intuit | 92.70 Bn | 72.05 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 21.09% |
| 8 | Relx | 73.34 Bn | 72.43 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 50.65 Bn | 37.78 Bn | 89.63 Mn | -30.53% |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 49.42 Bn | 45.39 Bn | - | 41.35% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 30.95% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 28.02% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 24.39% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 19.29% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12.95% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.55% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 7.28% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.14% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.05% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.96% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.03% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.32% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.07% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -2.09% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -3.96% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -5.75% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -7.75% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -8.81% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -12.87% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -15.96% |
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Palantir Technologies Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=PLTR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "PLTR", "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=PLTR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();