Growth Metrics

Research Solutions (RSSS) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Research Solutions (RSSS) reported Return on Capital Employed of 19.76% for Q1 2026, up 951.0% year-over-year from 1.88% in Q1 2025, and up 21.37% on a QoQ basis from 16.28% in Q4 2025.

Research Solutions (RSSS) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 19.76% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 951.0% year-over-year to 19.76% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 19.76% (up 951.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 13.53%, up 1904.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed grew to 19.76% in Q1 2026 per RSSS's latest filing, from 16.28% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 19.76% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 31.55% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 3.28% (2024), against an average of 2.91%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed tumbled 2652 bps; it then jumped 3510 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing RSSS's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 18.13% in 2022, then surged by 58 bps to 7.6% in 2023, then jumped by 193 bps to 7.04% in 2024, then jumped by 131 bps to 16.28% in 2025, then advanced by 21 bps to 19.76% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest RSSS Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 19.76% (Q1 2026), 16.28% (Q4 2025), and 13.45% (Q3 2025).

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 Research Solutions 71.14 Mn 59.09 Mn 6.27 Mn 19.76%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 19.76%
Dec 31, 2025 16.28%
Sep 30, 2025 13.45%
Jun 30, 2025 12.40%
Mar 31, 2025 10.25%
Dec 31, 2024 7.04%
Sep 30, 2024 3.86%
Jun 30, 2024 -3.28%
Mar 31, 2024 -5.29%
Dec 31, 2023 -7.60%
Sep 30, 2023 -13.28%
Jun 30, 2023 3.55%
Mar 31, 2023 -9.78%
Dec 31, 2022 -18.13%
Sep 30, 2022 -19.01%
Jun 30, 2022 -31.55%
Mar 31, 2022 -28.16%
Dec 31, 2021 -17.97%
Sep 30, 2021 -11.91%
Jun 30, 2021 -5.03%
Mar 31, 2021 -4.74%
Dec 31, 2020 -4.74%
Sep 30, 2020 -16.04%
Jun 30, 2020 -18.39%
Mar 31, 2020 -29.97%
Dec 31, 2019 -53.35%
Sep 30, 2019 -38.01%
Jun 30, 2019 -37.06%
Mar 31, 2019 29.07%
Dec 31, 2018 22.06%
Sep 30, 2018 16.62%
Jun 30, 2018 0.00%
Mar 31, 2018 -70.18%
Dec 31, 2017 -81.87%
Sep 30, 2017 -64.96%
Jun 30, 2017 -66.39%
Mar 31, 2017 -60.12%
Dec 31, 2016 -54.75%
Sep 30, 2016 -27.19%
Jun 30, 2016 -33.55%
Mar 31, 2016 -70.07%
Dec 31, 2015 -151.75%
Sep 30, 2015 -63.30%
Jun 30, 2015 -29.15%
Mar 31, 2015 -43.73%
Dec 31, 2014 -121.16%
Sep 30, 2014 -46.61%
Jun 30, 2014 438.16%
Mar 31, 2014 -40.88%
Dec 31, 2013 -462.22%
Sep 30, 2013 38.21%
Jun 30, 2013 35.63%
Mar 31, 2013 -37.64%
Dec 31, 2012 161.39%
Sep 30, 2012 -443.49%
Jun 30, 2012 -647.61%
Mar 31, 2012 -267.62%
Dec 31, 2011 -160.05%
Sep 30, 2011 -97.72%