Sprout Social (SPT) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)
Sprout Social (SPT) reported Return on Capital Employed of 13.67% for Q1 2026, up 1377.0% year-over-year from 0.93% in Q1 2025, and up 22.63% on a QoQ basis from 17.67% in Q4 2025.
Sprout Social (SPT) has 7 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 13.67% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 1377.0% year-over-year to 13.67% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 13.67% (up 1377.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 19.8%, up 1168.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed improved to 13.67% in Q1 2026 per SPT's latest filing, from 17.67% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 13.67% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 35.29% in Q2 2024.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 31.71% (2024), against an average of 28.17%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed plunged 1619 bps; it then surged 1447 bps in 2025.
- Tracing SPT's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 33.68% in 2022, then increased by 5 bps to 31.86% in 2023, then fell by 1 bps to 32.13% in 2024, then soared by 45 bps to 17.67% in 2025, then advanced by 23 bps to 13.67% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest SPT Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 13.67% (Q1 2026), 17.67% (Q4 2025), and 19.87% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 40.19% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 12.51% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 12.81% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 12.40% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 12.32% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 17.43% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 49.21% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -20.99% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 23.43% |
| 10 | Sprout Social | 409.76 Mn | 298.14 Mn | 93.51 Mn | -13.67% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -13.67% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -17.67% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -19.87% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -25.13% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -27.43% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -32.13% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -31.71% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -35.29% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -33.50% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -31.86% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -32.25% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -34.12% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -34.73% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -33.68% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -30.64% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -25.62% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -19.64% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -17.64% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -14.45% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -14.23% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -15.78% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -18.56% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -32.50% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -34.59% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -35.94% |