Yext (YEXT) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2017 - 2026)
Yext's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 14.66% in fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 11.04 percentage points from 3.62% a year earlier but down 1.84 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Yext (YEXT) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at Yext came in at 13.96%, up 29.07 percentage points from FY2025.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +43.47 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -15.11% in FY2025 (-12.62 pp), -2.50% in FY2024 (+20.56 pp), -23.06% in FY2023 (+5.28 pp) and -28.34% in FY2022 (+1.17 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has moved between -32.57% (fiscal Q4 2023) and 16.50% (fiscal Q1 2027) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for five straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +9.09 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years was fiscal Q4 2024 (a gain of 29.50 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q4 2025 (a drop of 11.01 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, YEXT's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027 was 16.50% (Q1 2027), 15.26% (Q4 2026) and 7.99% (Q3 2026).
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 | Yext | 760.51 Mn | 287.77 Mn | 83.84 Mn | 14.66% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 14.66% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 16.50% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 15.26% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 7.99% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 3.62% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -9.81% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | -14.08% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -8.65% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | -5.23% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | -4.00% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | -3.06% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | -6.05% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | -10.02% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | -15.68% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | -32.57% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -31.79% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -31.87% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -30.81% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | -30.23% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | -25.51% |
API Access
Yext 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=YEXT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "YEXT", "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=YEXT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();