Adobe (ADBE) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)
Adobe (ADBE) reported Return on Capital Employed of 49.21% for Q1 2026, up 1100.0% year-over-year from 4.1% in Q1 2025, and up 6.97% quarter-over-quarter from 46.0% in Q4 2025.
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 49.21% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 49.21%, up 1100.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 49.21% (up 1100.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 44.28%, up 968.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed grew to 49.21% in Q1 2026 per ADBE's latest filing, from 46.0% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 49.21% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 30.27% in Q1 2024.
- A 5-year average of 35.33% and a median of 32.23% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed slumped 107 bps in 2024, then soared 1159 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 32.39% in 2022, then declined by 3 bps to 31.39% in 2023, then advanced by 10 bps to 34.55% in 2024, then surged by 33 bps to 46.0% in 2025, then grew by 7 bps to 49.21% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows ADBE's Return on Capital Employed at 49.21% in Q1 2026, 46.0% in Q4 2025, and 43.78% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |