Sprout Social (SPT) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026)
Sprout Social (SPT) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -10.19% for Q2 2026, up 14.94 percentage points from -25.13% a year earlier and up 3.48 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Sprout Social (SPT) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Sprout Social's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -19.80%, up 11.68 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +1.38 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Sprout Social's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -31.48% in FY2024 (+10.70 pp), -42.19% in FY2023 (-6.92 pp), -35.27% in FY2022 (-17.00 pp) and -18.27% in FY2021 (+2.92 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to Q1 2020.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased in each of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +8.94 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 Q3 2021, with a gain of 18.04 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2022, with a drop of 16.19 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior quarters was -13.67% (Q1 2026), -17.67% (Q4 2025) and -19.87% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 406.71 Bn | 371.66 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 30.95% |
| 2 | Oracle | 356.71 Bn | 229.27 Bn | 18.57 Bn | 9.81% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 287.26 Bn | 215.24 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 34.05% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 175.69 Bn | 131.56 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 10.68% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 120.83 Bn | 107.63 Bn | 2.53 Bn | -53.96% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 103.38 Bn | 82.65 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 7.48% |
| 7 | Intuit | 91.37 Bn | 70.72 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 21.09% |
| 8 | Relx | 72.62 Bn | 72.62 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 48.71 Bn | 35.85 Bn | 89.63 Mn | -30.53% |
| 10 | Sprout Social | 651.07 Mn | 220.52 Mn | 95.81 Mn | -9.76% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -9.76% |
| 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% |
API Access
Sprout Social Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=SPT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "SPT", "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=SPT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();