Adobe (ADBE) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026)

Adobe (ADBE) posted quarterly Return on Invested Capital of 0.04% for Q2 2026, up 2.0% year-over-year from 0.04% in Q2 2025, and up 32.61% quarter-over-quarter from 0.03% in Q3 2025.

Adobe (ADBE) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Adobe (ADBE) has reported Return on Invested Capital for 13 consecutive years, with 0.04% the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • In Q2 2026, Return on Invested Capital rose 2.0% year-over-year to 0.04%; the TTM figure through May 2026 stood at 0.04% (up 2.0% YoY), while the FY2014 annual figure was 0.0%, down 22.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital grew to 0.04% in Q2 2026 per ADBE's latest filing, from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.07% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q4 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.03% across 5 years, with a median of 0.03% in 2022.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Invested Capital grew 3 bps — and 2024, when it decreased 5 bps.
  • Adobe's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.03% in 2022, then surged by 144 bps to 0.07% in 2023, then tumbled by 85 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then jumped by 198 bps to 0.03% in 2025, then soared by 33 bps to 0.04% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ADBE's Return on Invested Capital at 0.04% in Q2 2026, 0.03% in Q3 2025, and 0.02% in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 255.48 Bn 234.41 Bn 16.51 Bn 0.04%
2 Shopify 198.95 Bn 194.00 Bn 1.71 Bn 0.01%
3 Salesforce 160.70 Bn 148.86 Bn 8.56 Bn 0.02%
4 Uber Technologies 154.94 Bn 149.73 Bn 6.38 Bn -
5 ServiceNow 128.25 Bn 123.58 Bn 2.82 Bn -
6 Snowflake 114.00 Bn 111.05 Bn 926.45 Mn -
7 Automatic Data Processing 108.58 Bn 104.35 Bn 2.51 Bn -
8 Adobe 105.34 Bn 99.72 Bn 5.90 Bn 0.04%
9 Intuit 94.55 Bn 87.77 Bn 7.24 Bn 0.02%
10 Datadog 91.70 Bn 86.71 Bn 881.34 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 29, 2026 0.04%
Aug 29, 2025 0.03%
May 30, 2025 0.02%
Feb 28, 2025 0.01%
Nov 29, 2024 0.01%
Aug 30, 2024 0.01%
May 31, 2024 0.02%
Sep 1, 2023 0.07%
Jun 2, 2023 0.04%
Mar 3, 2023 0.03%
Dec 2, 2022 0.03%
Sep 2, 2022 0.04%
Jun 3, 2022 0.07%
Aug 28, 2020 0.01%
May 29, 2020 0.00%
Feb 28, 2020 0.00%
Nov 29, 2019 0.00%
Aug 30, 2019 0.01%
May 31, 2019 0.01%
Nov 27, 2015 0.01%