Adobe (ADBE) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026)
Adobe (ADBE) reported Return on Equity [ROE] of 62.57% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Aug 28, 2026), up 2.64 percentage points from 59.93% a year earlier but down 0.42 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Adobe (ADBE) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Nov 28, 2025), Adobe posted Return on Equity [ROE] of 55.43%, up 19.11 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Equity [ROE] has increased for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of +11.21 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 36.31% in FY2024 (+0.80 pp), 35.51% in FY2023 (+2.54 pp), 32.97% in FY2022 (-1.40 pp) and 34.37% in FY2021 (-9.84 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] spans a low of 30.03% in fiscal Q1 2024 and a high of 63.00% in fiscal Q2 2026.
- Year over year, Return on Equity [ROE] has now increased in each of the last ten quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +14.43 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Equity [ROE] in five years was fiscal Q3 2025 (a gain of 23.45 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q4 2021 (a drop of 9.10 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 63.00% (Q2 2026), 62.53% (Q1 2026) and 60.96% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adobe | 94.52 Bn | 69.77 Bn | 6.00 Bn | 62.57% |
| 2 | Autodesk | 54.99 Bn | 43.02 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 49.91% |
| 3 | Atlassian | 39.98 Bn | 33.26 Bn | 1.53 Bn | -5.55% |
| 4 | Twilio | 30.87 Bn | 20.51 Bn | 760.53 Mn | 14.02% |
| 5 | Zoom Communications | 26.33 Bn | -4.40 Bn | 985.50 Mn | 30.60% |
| 6 | Figma | 10.00 Bn | 3.32 Bn | 314.44 Mn | -37.23% |
| 7 | Dropbox | 7.80 Bn | 3.43 Bn | 506.50 Mn | - |
| 8 | Open Text | 6.19 Bn | 1.62 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 16.12% |
| 9 | RingCentral | 6.04 Bn | 5.57 Bn | 494.30 Mn | - |
| 10 | Nice | 5.99 Bn | 4.56 Bn | 1.49 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | 62.57% |
| May 29, 2026 | 63.00% |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 62.53% |
| Nov 28, 2025 | 60.96% |
| Aug 29, 2025 | 59.93% |
| May 30, 2025 | 55.98% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 49.64% |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 38.81% |
| Aug 30, 2024 | 36.48% |
| May 31, 2024 | 33.52% |
| Mar 1, 2024 | 30.03% |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 33.62% |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 33.46% |
| Jun 2, 2023 | 33.43% |
| Mar 3, 2023 | 33.53% |
| Dec 2, 2022 | 33.46% |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 33.94% |
| Jun 3, 2022 | 35.22% |
| Mar 4, 2022 | 33.79% |
| Dec 3, 2021 | 33.01% |
API Access
Adobe Return on Equity [ROE] 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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();