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Planet Labs PL Return on invested capital

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5.8%
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5.9%+1.6pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$94.2M+42.1%
Gross profit$50.4M+37.7%
Operating income-$34.9M-53.2%
Net income-$138.9M-1,000%
EPS (diluted)-$0.40-900%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$375.6M+158%
Total debt$40.5K-99.8%
Total equity$443.7M-0.3%
Total assets$1.3B+90.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$15.4M-11.0%
CapEx$17.3M+113%
Free cash flow-$1.9M-120%

Valuation

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Market cap$10.06B+1,164%
Enterprise value$9.68B+1,301%
P/S30×+26.8×

Profitability

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Gross margin55.5%-2.3pp
Operating margin-31.9%-6.1pp
Net margin-111.2%-293pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-84%-133pp
Debt / equity0.0×
Current ratio2.8×+0.7×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Planet Labs’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Planet Labs’s 10-Q, filed June 5, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Planet Labs's return on invested capital?
Planet Labs (PL) reported return on invested capital of -55.4% in Q1 2026.
How has Planet Labs's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Planet Labs's return on invested capital decreased by 90.3% year-over-year, from -29.1% to -55.4%.
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.