Progress Software Corporation (PRGS)
Return on total capital
| Nov 30, 2025 | Aug 31, 2025 | May 31, 2025 | Feb 28, 2025 | Nov 30, 2024 | Aug 31, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | Feb 29, 2024 | Nov 30, 2023 | Aug 31, 2023 | May 31, 2023 | Feb 28, 2023 | Nov 30, 2022 | Aug 31, 2022 | May 31, 2022 | Feb 28, 2022 | Nov 30, 2021 | Aug 31, 2021 | May 31, 2021 | Feb 28, 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) (ttm) | US$ in thousands | 153,290 | 136,822 | 133,923 | 123,056 | 126,276 | 125,188 | 113,628 | 109,616 | 110,437 | 119,577 | 121,784 | 139,162 | 133,045 | 153,351 | 167,677 | 148,841 | 146,464 | 114,065 | 100,581 | 103,976 |
| Long-term debt | US$ in thousands | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total stockholders’ equity | US$ in thousands | 478,349 | 477,682 | 452,701 | 431,847 | 438,788 | 425,612 | 401,667 | 461,743 | 459,715 | 445,046 | 418,815 | 413,443 | 398,504 | 366,973 | 372,146 | 368,323 | 412,489 | 396,773 | 365,721 | 352,553 |
| Return on total capital | 32.05% | 28.64% | 29.58% | 28.50% | 28.78% | 29.41% | 28.29% | 23.74% | 24.02% | 26.87% | 29.08% | 33.66% | 33.39% | 41.79% | 45.06% | 40.41% | 35.51% | 28.75% | 27.50% | 29.49% |
November 30, 2025 calculation
Return on total capital = EBIT (ttm) ÷ (Long-term debt + Total stockholders’ equity)
= $153,290K ÷ ($—K + $478,349K)
= 32.05%
Peer comparison
Nov 30, 2025
Company name
Symbol
Return on total capital
Progress Software Corporation
PRGS
32.05%
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-0.50%
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21.90%
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—
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12.85%
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6.49%