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% quarter-over-quarter from 17.67% in Q4 2025.
Sprout Social (SPT) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Sprout Social (SPT) has 7 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 13.67% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 13.67%, up 1377.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 13.67% (up 1377.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 19.8%, up 1168.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed climbed to 13.67% in Q1 2026 per SPT's latest filing, from 17.67% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 13.67% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 35.29% in Q2 2024.
- A 5-year average of 28.17% and a median of 31.71% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed slumped 1619 bps in 2022, then jumped 1447 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 33.68% in 2022, then gained by 5 bps to 31.86% in 2023, then decreased by 1 bps to 32.13% in 2024, then surged by 45 bps to 17.67% in 2025, then grew by 23 bps to 13.67% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows SPT's Return on Capital Employed at 13.67% in Q1 2026, 17.67% in Q4 2025, and 19.87% in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 238.14 Bn | 220.17 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 40.19% |
| 2 | Full Truck Alliance | 166.83 Bn | 164.28 Bn | - | 9.54% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 150.36 Bn | 149.32 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 12.81% |
| 4 | Shopify | 147.75 Bn | 142.01 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 12.40% |
| 5 | Salesforce | 140.39 Bn | 128.55 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 10.65% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 105.73 Bn | 104.32 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 17.43% |
| 7 | ServiceNow | 105.42 Bn | 100.24 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 12.32% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 89.57 Bn | 86.34 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -20.99% |
| 9 | Adobe | 85.05 Bn | 78.16 Bn | 5.90 Bn | 51.24% |
| 10 | Sprout Social | 424.18 Mn | 312.56 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% |