Adobe (ADBE) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026)
Adobe's (ADBE) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.04% in Q2 2026, up 2.0% year-on-year from 0.04% in Q2 2025, and up 32.61% on a QoQ basis from 0.03% in Q3 2025.
Adobe (ADBE) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Adobe (ADBE) has 13 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.04% in Q2 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital rose 2.0% year-over-year to 0.04% in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 0.04%, a 2.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2014 full-year figure at 0.0%, down 22.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Invested Capital for Q2 2026 stood at 0.04%, up from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
- Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for ADBE reached as high as 0.07% in Q3 2023 and fell as low as 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.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital advanced 3 bps in 2023 and fell 5 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
- Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.03% in 2022, then jumped by 144 bps to 0.07% in 2023, then tumbled by 85 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then soared by 198 bps to 0.03% in 2025, then surged by 33 bps to 0.04% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Invested Capital figures were 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 | 208.91 Bn | 189.27 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 0.01% |
| 2 | Full Truck Alliance | 188.77 Bn | 186.13 Bn | - | 0.80% |
| 3 | Shopify | 145.98 Bn | 140.23 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 0.01% |
| 4 | Uber Technologies | 141.48 Bn | 140.44 Bn | 5.95 Bn | - |
| 5 | Salesforce | 128.51 Bn | 116.67 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 0.02% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 98.38 Bn | 93.20 Bn | 2.82 Bn | - |
| 7 | Automatic Data Processing | 97.56 Bn | 94.34 Bn | 2.87 Bn | - |
| 8 | Snowflake | 91.55 Bn | 88.59 Bn | 926.45 Mn | - |
| 9 | Cadence Design Systems | 89.91 Bn | 88.50 Bn | 1.41 Bn | - |
| 10 | Adobe | 85.38 Bn | 79.75 Bn | 5.90 Bn | 0.04% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |