Growth Metrics

Ptc (PTC) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Ptc recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 7.05% in Q1 2026, up 27.06% quarter-over-quarter from 5.55% in Q4 2025, and down 559.0% year-over-year from 1.54% in Q1 2025.

Ptc's Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 7.05% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 559.0% year-over-year to 7.05%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 7.05% (down 559.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 3.67%, down 892.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 7.05% for Q1 2026 at Ptc, up from 5.55% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 14.95% in Q2 2025 to a low of 1.53% in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 7.66% and a median of 7.05% in 2026 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed slumped 1082 bps in 2023 and soared 1220 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Ptc's Return on Capital Employed stood at 12.39% in 2022, then sank by 87 bps to 1.57% in 2023, then jumped by 698 bps to 12.53% in 2024, then slumped by 56 bps to 5.55% in 2025, then increased by 27 bps to 7.05% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 7.05%, 5.55%, and 3.73% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 40.19%
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 12.51%
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 12.81%
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 12.40%
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 12.32%
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 17.43%
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 49.21%
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn -20.99%
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 23.43%
10 Ptc 17.52 Bn 17.08 Bn 660.69 Mn 7.05%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 7.05%
Dec 31, 2025 5.55%
Sep 30, 2025 3.73%
Jun 30, 2025 14.95%
Mar 31, 2025 12.64%
Dec 31, 2024 12.53%
Sep 30, 2024 12.82%
Jun 30, 2024 2.75%
Mar 31, 2024 2.98%
Dec 31, 2023 1.57%
Sep 30, 2023 1.53%
Jun 30, 2023 10.41%
Mar 31, 2023 11.47%
Dec 31, 2022 12.39%
Sep 30, 2022 11.61%
Jun 30, 2022 3.17%
Mar 31, 2022 3.09%
Dec 31, 2021 1.47%
Sep 30, 2021 2.30%
Jun 30, 2021 9.65%
Mar 31, 2021 10.58%
Dec 31, 2020 10.02%
Sep 30, 2020 7.81%
Jun 27, 2020 6.44%
Mar 28, 2020 5.72%
Dec 28, 2019 2.71%
Sep 30, 2019 3.12%
Jun 29, 2019 1.35%
Mar 30, 2019 1.89%
Dec 29, 2018 4.27%
Sep 30, 2018 4.66%
Jun 30, 2018 4.89%
Mar 31, 2018 4.25%
Dec 30, 2017 3.15%
Sep 30, 2017 2.54%
Jul 1, 2017 -0.59%
Apr 1, 2017 -0.85%
Dec 31, 2016 -1.12%
Sep 30, 2016 -2.19%
Jul 2, 2016 -1.44%
Apr 2, 2016 -0.68%
Jan 2, 2016 -0.57%
Sep 30, 2015 2.67%
Jul 4, 2015 6.67%
Apr 4, 2015 9.04%
Jan 3, 2015 11.35%
Sep 30, 2014 13.53%
Jun 28, 2014 14.85%
Mar 29, 2014 14.10%
Dec 28, 2013 11.93%
Sep 30, 2013 10.07%
Jun 29, 2013 10.65%
Mar 30, 2013 9.56%
Dec 29, 2012 8.14%
Sep 30, 2012 10.50%
Jun 30, 2012 10.56%
Mar 31, 2012 10.20%
Dec 31, 2011 11.11%
Sep 30, 2011 9.84%
Jul 2, 2011 9.21%
Apr 2, 2011 9.46%
Jan 1, 2011 7.82%
Sep 30, 2010 8.95%