Skillsoft (SKILW) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)
Skillsoft's (SKILW) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 16.06% in Q1 2026, down 615.0% year-on-year from 3.12% in Q1 2025, and down 29.93% quarter-over-quarter from 12.36% in Q4 2025.
Skillsoft (SKILW) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Skillsoft has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 7 years of filings, most recently posting 16.06% for Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 16.06%, down 615.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 16.06% (down 615.0% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 13.53%, down 496.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed came in at 16.06% for Q1 2026 at Skillsoft, down from 12.36% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 3.08% in Q2 2022 to a low of 67.35% in Q1 2023.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 24.51% (2024), against an average of 28.56%.
- Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed reached 3743 bps in 2023, while the deepest fall reached 6218 bps in 2023.
- Skillsoft's Return on Capital Employed stood at 48.04% in 2022, then jumped by 78 bps to 10.61% in 2023, then sank by 232 bps to 35.23% in 2024, then jumped by 65 bps to 12.36% in 2025, then decreased by 30 bps to 16.06% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 16.06% (Q1 2026), 12.36% (Q4 2025), and 8.08% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | -3.76% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | -4.58% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | -11.31% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -7.09% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -7.72% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | -9.91% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -35.23% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | -35.88% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | -33.89% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | -32.97% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | -10.61% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | -60.80% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | -65.26% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | -67.35% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -48.04% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -8.86% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -3.08% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -0.31% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -0.13% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -0.22% |