Sony (SONY) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026)
Sony (SONY) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 16.11% for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), up 2.20 percentage points from 13.91% a year earlier and up 1.03 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Sony (SONY) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Mar 31, 2026), Sony's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 7.10%, up 1.83 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +1.62 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Sony's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 5.27% in FY2025 (+0.84 pp), 4.42% in FY2024 (-1.18 pp), 5.61% in FY2023 (-0.41 pp) and 6.02% in FY2022 (+0.55 pp).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to fiscal Q4 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased in each of the last nine quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +3.92 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 fiscal Q4 2026, with a gain of 8.90 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2024, with a drop of 1.99 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 15.08% (Q1 2027), 14.12% (Q4 2026) and 7.19% (Q3 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | 5,177.41 Bn | 4,922.87 Bn | 54.82 Bn | 70.57% |
| 2 | Cisco Systems | 377.40 Bn | 377.40 Bn | 11.79 Bn | - |
| 3 | Arista Networks | 249.38 Bn | 198.58 Bn | 2.33 Bn | 29.33% |
| 4 | Dell Technologies | 220.34 Bn | 176.10 Bn | 9.83 Bn | 38.06% |
| 5 | Sony | 166.48 Bn | 103.89 Bn | 7.96 Bn | 16.11% |
| 6 | Sandisk | 127.44 Bn | 112.27 Bn | 9.38 Bn | 115.35% |
| 7 | Seagate Technology Holdings | 121.35 Bn | 116.20 Bn | 2.43 Bn | 76.09% |
| 8 | Western Digital | 110.67 Bn | 100.50 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 57.31% |
| 9 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 64.15 Bn | 42.09 Bn | 4.93 Bn | 5.09% |
| 10 | Garmin | 54.56 Bn | 44.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 23.72% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 16.11% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 15.08% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 14.12% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.19% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 13.91% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 12.59% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.22% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.21% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.70% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.20% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.08% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.14% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.08% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.33% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.88% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.09% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.06% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 6.43% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.85% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.23% |
API Access
Sony Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=SONY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "SONY", "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=SONY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();