Sap Se (SAP) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2026)
Sap Se's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 32.24% in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, up 6.66 percentage points from 25.58% a year earlier but down 0.30 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Sap Se (SAP) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] at Sap Se came in at 17.17%, up 5.23 percentage points from the prior year.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] shows a five-year change of +3.35 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 11.94% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (-3.73 pp), 15.68% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+6.16 pp), 9.52% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-2.58 pp) and 12.10% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (-1.72 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has moved between 8.80% (the quarter ended Mar 31, 2023) and 65.19% (the quarter ended Sep 30, 2021) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased for five straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.99 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] over five years was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2023 (a gain of 24.48 percentage points); the worst was the quarter ended Jun 30, 2022 (a drop of 31.72 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, SAP's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the three quarters before the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 was 32.54% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 30.78% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 25.04% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 480.73 Bn | 449.68 Bn | 1.64 Bn | - |
| 2 | Oracle | 399.91 Bn | 272.04 Bn | - | 10.99% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 262.30 Bn | 190.08 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 35.90% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 202.26 Bn | 158.13 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 9.01% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 153.84 Bn | 132.30 Bn | 2.82 Bn | - |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 114.84 Bn | 96.97 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -46.53% |
| 7 | Intuit | 91.04 Bn | 70.38 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 16.71% |
| 8 | Relx | 70.51 Bn | 69.60 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 53.24 Bn | 46.23 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -73.94% |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 48.40 Bn | 45.18 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 35.90% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 40.64% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 38.02% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 27.12% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 27.35% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 30.36% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 23.69% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 17.63% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 16.93% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 19.90% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 29.18% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 17.52% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 17.04% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 6.94% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 8.02% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 18.52% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 18.01% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.76% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.45% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 8.16% |
API Access
Sap Se Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=SAP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=SAP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();