Adobe (ADBE) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)
Adobe's Return on Sales [ROS] was 34.82% in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Aug 28, 2026), down 1.47 percentage points from 36.29% a year earlier but up 1.01 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Adobe (ADBE) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Adobe's Return on Sales [ROS] was 35.70% through Aug 28, 2026, down 0.55 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Nov 28, 2025), it was 36.63%, up 5.28 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of +3.70 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier fiscal years, Return on Sales [ROS] was 31.35% in FY2024 (-2.92 pp), 34.26% in FY2023 (-0.37 pp), 34.64% in FY2022 (-2.12 pp) and 36.76% in FY2021 (+3.83 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] has moved between 17.50% (fiscal Q1 2024) and 37.85% (fiscal Q1 2025) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Sales [ROS] has declined for three straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.32 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] over five years was fiscal Q1 2025 (a gain of 20.35 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q1 2024 (a drop of 16.57 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, ADBE's Return on Sales [ROS] in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was 33.82% (Q2 2026), 37.79% (Q1 2026) and 36.50% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adobe | 99.39 Bn | 74.64 Bn | 6.00 Bn | 34.82% |
| 2 | Atlassian | 56.40 Bn | 49.68 Bn | 1.53 Bn | 11.93% |
| 3 | Autodesk | 51.55 Bn | 39.59 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 29.28% |
| 4 | Twilio | 41.87 Bn | 31.94 Bn | 725.87 Mn | 5.64% |
| 5 | Zoom Communications | 28.87 Bn | -1.92 Bn | 985.50 Mn | 24.61% |
| 6 | Figma | 12.14 Bn | 5.65 Bn | 309.61 Mn | -31.69% |
| 7 | Dropbox | 8.22 Bn | 3.86 Bn | 506.50 Mn | 26.10% |
| 8 | Nice | 7.17 Bn | 5.64 Bn | 995.81 Mn | 14.88% |
| 9 | RingCentral | 6.72 Bn | 6.21 Bn | 472.31 Mn | 7.65% |
| 10 | Open Text | 6.42 Bn | 1.85 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 23.70% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | 34.82% |
| May 29, 2026 | 33.82% |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 37.79% |
| Nov 28, 2025 | 36.50% |
| Aug 29, 2025 | 36.29% |
| May 30, 2025 | 35.91% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 37.85% |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 34.91% |
| Aug 30, 2024 | 36.83% |
| May 31, 2024 | 35.51% |
| Mar 1, 2024 | 17.50% |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 34.53% |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 34.70% |
| Jun 2, 2023 | 33.72% |
| Mar 3, 2023 | 34.07% |
| Dec 2, 2022 | 33.26% |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 33.48% |
| Jun 3, 2022 | 34.86% |
| Mar 4, 2022 | 37.07% |
| Dec 3, 2021 | 36.52% |
Adobe Return on Sales [ROS] 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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=ADBE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();