Sprout Social (SPT) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)

Sprout Social (SPT) posted quarterly 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 reported Return on Capital Employed for 7 consecutive years, with 13.67% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 1377.0% year-over-year to 13.67%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 13.67% (up 1377.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 19.8%, up 1168.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed grew 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.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 28.17% across 5 years, with a median of 31.71% in 2024.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed slumped 1619 bps — and 2025, when it jumped 1447 bps.
  • Sprout Social's Return on Capital Employed stood at 33.68% in 2022, then advanced by 5 bps to 31.86% in 2023, then slipped by 1 bps to 32.13% in 2024, then soared by 45 bps to 17.67% in 2025, then increased 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 255.48 Bn 234.41 Bn 16.51 Bn 38.72%
2 Shopify 198.95 Bn 194.00 Bn 1.71 Bn 14.37%
3 Salesforce 160.70 Bn 148.86 Bn 8.56 Bn 10.65%
4 Uber Technologies 154.94 Bn 149.73 Bn 6.38 Bn 13.97%
5 ServiceNow 128.25 Bn 123.58 Bn 2.82 Bn 10.59%
6 Snowflake 114.00 Bn 111.05 Bn 926.45 Mn -25.94%
7 Automatic Data Processing 108.58 Bn 104.35 Bn 2.51 Bn -46.62%
8 Adobe 105.34 Bn 99.72 Bn 5.90 Bn 51.24%
9 Intuit 94.55 Bn 87.77 Bn 7.24 Bn 23.43%
10 Sprout Social 599.18 Mn 479.25 Mn 96.09 Mn -10.19%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 -10.19%
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%