Salesforce, Inc. CRM

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Salesforce, Inc. (CRM) Return on invested capital

Salesforce, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 8.24%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (8.13%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.09% (fiscal 2015) to 8.13% (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Software Application industry median of 0.00% and above the Technology sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 8.13% 0.03
FY2025 8.10% 2.39
FY2024 5.71% 4.57
FY2023 1.14% 0.55
FY2022 0.59% (0.27)
FY2021 0.86% 0.23
FY2020 0.63% (1.65)
FY2019 2.28% (1.47)
FY2018 3.75% 1.89
FY2017 1.86% (0.16)

Against its own ten years

Low −2.09% High 8.13%
Ten-year median 1.94%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare 53.4%
ADBE Adobe Inc. compare 46.4%
SHOP Shopify Inc. compare 14.6%
SAP SAP SE compare 14.5%
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare 12.0%
CRM Salesforce, Inc. 8.24%
NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare 6.83%
DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare 2.78%
SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare −37.0%
Software Application industry median 0.00%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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