Sap Se (SAP) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026)
Sap Se (SAP) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 33.74% for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, up 6.53 percentage points from 27.21% a year earlier but down 2.02 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Sap Se (SAP) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, Sap Se's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 18.04%, up 9.06 percentage points from the prior year.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +3.61 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- In prior years, Sap Se's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 8.97% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (-1.82 pp), 10.79% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+0.92 pp), 9.87% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-3.36 pp) and 13.24% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (-1.19 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has run from a low of 7.70% in the quarter ended Mar 31, 2023 to a high of 35.76% in the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased in each of the last 11 quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +8.33 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 the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025, with a gain of 11.89 percentage points; the weakest was the quarter ended Jun 30, 2023, with a drop of 15.76 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior quarters was 35.76% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 32.06% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 26.70% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 480.73 Bn | 449.68 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 28.02% |
| 2 | Oracle | 399.91 Bn | 272.04 Bn | - | 9.81% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 262.30 Bn | 190.08 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 34.43% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 202.26 Bn | 158.13 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 10.68% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 153.84 Bn | 132.30 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 10.59% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 114.84 Bn | 96.97 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -46.62% |
| 7 | Intuit | 91.04 Bn | 70.38 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 21.09% |
| 8 | Relx | 70.51 Bn | 69.60 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 53.24 Bn | 46.23 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -68.70% |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 48.40 Bn | 45.18 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 12.18% |
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();