Adeia (ADEA) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)

Adeia's (ADEA) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 19.91% in Q1 2026, up 674.0% year-on-year from 2.57% in Q1 2025, and up 10.84% quarter-over-quarter from 17.96% in Q4 2025.

Adeia (ADEA) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Adeia has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 7 years of filings, most recently posting 19.91% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 19.91%, up 674.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 19.91% (up 674.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 17.7%, up 519.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 19.91% for Q1 2026 at Adeia, up from 17.96% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 19.91% in Q1 2026 to a low of 2.49% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 11.57% (2023), against an average of 9.02%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed plunged 1653 bps in 2024 and soared 1507 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Adeia's Return on Capital Employed stood at 10.08% in 2022, then plunged by 84 bps to 1.66% in 2023, then jumped by 662 bps to 12.64% in 2024, then soared by 42 bps to 17.96% in 2025, then climbed by 11 bps to 19.91% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 19.91% (Q1 2026), 17.96% (Q4 2025), and 12.37% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn 40.19%
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - 9.54%
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 12.81%
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 12.40%
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 10.65%
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 17.43%
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 12.32%
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn -20.99%
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 51.24%
10 Adeia 3.45 Bn 3.33 Bn - 19.91%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 19.91%
Dec 31, 2025 17.96%
Sep 30, 2025 12.37%
Jun 30, 2025 12.50%
Mar 31, 2025 13.17%
Dec 31, 2024 12.64%
Sep 30, 2024 -2.49%
Jun 30, 2024 -1.30%
Mar 31, 2024 -1.90%
Dec 31, 2023 1.66%
Sep 30, 2023 14.04%
Jun 30, 2023 11.57%
Mar 31, 2023 12.80%
Dec 31, 2022 10.08%
Sep 30, 2022 6.53%
Jun 30, 2022 6.99%
Mar 31, 2022 6.82%
Dec 31, 2021 5.16%
Sep 30, 2021 6.89%
Jun 30, 2021 4.32%