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Salesforce CRM Return on invested capital

Return on invested capital at other companies

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MicrosoftMSFT
26.7%-1.2pp
Adobe logo
AdobeADBE
53.9%+2.4pp
Fair Isaac logo
Fair IsaacFICO
66.4%+13.8pp
PTC logo
PTCPTC
19.3%+8.6pp
MicroStrategy logo
MicroStrategyMSTR
5.8%
Oracle logo
OracleORCL
30.6%+13.6pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$11.1B+13.3%
Gross profit$8.6B+13.2%
Operating income$2.3B+20.8%
Net income$2.1B+36.7%
EPS (diluted)$2.42+52.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$8.9B-18.2%
Total debt$42.5B+254%
Total equity$34.2B-43.6%
Total assets$106.68B+8.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$6.7B+3.5%
CapEx$145.0M-19.0%
Free cash flow$6.6B+4.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$126.96B-43.1%
Enterprise value$160.57B-30.2%
P/E15.8×-20.2×
P/S-2.8×

Profitability

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Gross margin77.6%+0.3pp
Operating margin20.4%+1.1pp
Net margin18.7%+2.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity16.9%+6.6pp
Debt / equity1.2×+1.0×
Current ratio0.8×-0.3×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Salesforce’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Salesforce’s 10-Q, filed May 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Salesforce's return on invested capital?
Salesforce (CRM) reported return on invested capital of 10.5% in Q1 2026.
How has Salesforce's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Salesforce's return on invested capital increased by 8.4% year-over-year, from 9.7% to 10.5%.
What is the long-term trend for Salesforce's return on invested capital?
Over 2 years (2024 to 2026), Salesforce's return on invested capital has grown at a 67.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 14.4% to 40.4%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.