Sap Se (SAP) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026)
Sap Se (SAP) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 34.05% for Q3 2026, up 8.00 percentage points from 26.05% a year earlier but down 0.38 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Sap Se (SAP) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Sap Se's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 18.26%, up 9.34 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +4.23 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Sap Se's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 8.92% in FY2024 (-1.52 pp), 10.44% in FY2023 (+2.26 pp), 8.18% in FY2022 (-1.32 pp) and 9.50% in FY2021 (-4.53 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has run from a low of 9.19% in Q4 2021 to a high of 35.77% in Q1 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased in each of the last 13 quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +8.20 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was Q4 2025, with a gain of 11.77 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2021, with a drop of 4.96 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior quarters was 34.43% (Q2 2026), 35.77% (Q1 2026) and 31.89% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 386.60 Bn | 351.42 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 30.95% |
| 2 | Oracle | 343.94 Bn | 216.07 Bn | - | 9.81% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 272.35 Bn | 199.75 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 34.05% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 175.46 Bn | 131.33 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 10.68% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 122.07 Bn | 108.86 Bn | 2.53 Bn | -53.96% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 105.47 Bn | 84.73 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 7.48% |
| 7 | Intuit | 94.25 Bn | 73.60 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 21.09% |
| 8 | Relx | 73.66 Bn | 72.75 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 51.78 Bn | 38.91 Bn | 89.63 Mn | -30.53% |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 50.52 Bn | 46.49 Bn | - | 41.35% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 34.05% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 34.43% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 35.77% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 31.89% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 26.05% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 26.38% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 26.02% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 20.12% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 17.76% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 16.38% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 16.83% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 19.54% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 11.33% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 9.95% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 9.66% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.29% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 10.99% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 10.35% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 10.32% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.19% |
API Access
Sap Se Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=SAP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "SAP", "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=SAP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();