Adobe (ADBE) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)
Adobe (ADBE) posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 24.31% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Aug 28, 2026), down 0.16 percentage points from 24.47% a year earlier but up 0.07 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Adobe (ADBE) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Nov 28, 2025), Adobe's Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 23.88%, up 5.35 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] shows a five-year change of +0.52 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Adobe's Return on Assets [ROA] was 18.53% in FY2024 (-0.53 pp), 19.06% in FY2023 (+1.58 pp), 17.48% in FY2022 (-1.23 pp) and 18.72% in FY2021 (-4.64 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] has run from a low of 16.41% in fiscal Q1 2024 to a high of 24.48% in fiscal Q4 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] increased in seven of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +3.42 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2025, with a gain of 6.55 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2021, with a drop of 4.46 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Assets [ROA] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 24.24% (Q2 2026), 24.35% (Q1 2026) and 24.48% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adobe | 97.16 Bn | 72.41 Bn | 6.00 Bn | 24.31% |
| 2 | Autodesk | 56.45 Bn | 44.48 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 13.16% |
| 3 | Atlassian | 49.40 Bn | 42.68 Bn | 1.53 Bn | -0.92% |
| 4 | Twilio | 33.00 Bn | 22.64 Bn | 760.53 Mn | 11.60% |
| 5 | Zoom Communications | 26.85 Bn | -3.88 Bn | 985.50 Mn | 25.28% |
| 6 | Figma | 11.88 Bn | 5.20 Bn | 314.44 Mn | -23.23% |
| 7 | Dropbox | 7.93 Bn | 3.57 Bn | 506.50 Mn | 15.12% |
| 8 | RingCentral | 6.58 Bn | 6.11 Bn | 494.30 Mn | 40.68% |
| 9 | Open Text | 6.44 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 4.87% |
| 10 | Box | 6.04 Bn | 3.91 Bn | 253.97 Mn | 9.25% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | 24.31% |
| May 29, 2026 | 24.24% |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 24.35% |
| Nov 28, 2025 | 24.48% |
| Aug 29, 2025 | 24.47% |
| May 30, 2025 | 23.66% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 22.43% |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 18.51% |
| Aug 30, 2024 | 17.92% |
| May 31, 2024 | 17.29% |
| Mar 1, 2024 | 16.41% |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 18.44% |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 17.99% |
| Jun 2, 2023 | 17.81% |
| Mar 3, 2023 | 17.60% |
| Dec 2, 2022 | 17.64% |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 18.14% |
| Jun 3, 2022 | 18.70% |
| Mar 4, 2022 | 18.14% |
| Dec 3, 2021 | 18.06% |
API Access
Adobe Return on Assets [ROA] 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-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "ADBE", "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-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();