Adobe (ADBE) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Adobe's (ADBE) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 51.24% in Q2 2026, up 1012.0% year-on-year from 4.61% in Q2 2025, and up 4.12% on a QoQ basis from 49.21% in Q1 2026.

Adobe (ADBE) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Adobe (ADBE) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 51.24% in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 1012.0% year-over-year to 51.24% in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 51.24%, a 1012.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 44.28%, up 968.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q2 2026 stood at 51.24%, up from 49.21% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for ADBE reached as high as 51.24% in Q2 2026 and fell as low as 30.27% in Q1 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 36.21% across 5 years, with a median of 32.24% in 2022.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed plunged 107 bps in 2024 and jumped 1159 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 32.39% in 2022, then decreased by 3 bps to 31.39% in 2023, then increased by 10 bps to 34.55% in 2024, then surged by 33 bps to 46.0% in 2025, then climbed by 11 bps to 51.24% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 51.24% in Q2 2026, 49.21% in Q1 2026, and 46.0% in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn 40.19%
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - 9.52%
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 12.40%
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 12.81%
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 10.65%
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 10.59%
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn -7.29%
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn -25.94%
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 17.43%
10 Adobe 85.38 Bn 79.75 Bn 5.90 Bn 51.24%

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 29, 2026 51.24%
Feb 27, 2026 49.21%
Nov 28, 2025 46.00%
Aug 29, 2025 43.78%
May 30, 2025 41.12%
Feb 28, 2025 38.21%
Nov 29, 2024 34.55%
Aug 30, 2024 32.19%
May 31, 2024 31.31%
Mar 1, 2024 30.27%
Dec 1, 2023 31.39%
Sep 1, 2023 31.85%
Jun 2, 2023 32.23%
Mar 3, 2023 31.34%
Dec 2, 2022 32.39%
Sep 2, 2022 31.91%
Jun 3, 2022 32.24%
Mar 4, 2022 30.54%
Dec 3, 2021 29.36%
Sep 3, 2021 28.04%