Adeia (ADEA) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026)
Adeia (ADEA) recorded Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 21.37% in Q2 2026, up 8.87 percentage points from 12.50% a year earlier and up 1.46 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Adeia (ADEA) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Adeia reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 17.70%, up 5.19 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of +1.49 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 12.50% in FY2024 (-0.40 pp), 12.90% in FY2023 (+3.75 pp), 9.15% in FY2022 (+4.18 pp) and 4.97% in FY2021 (-11.24 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to Q3 2020.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for six consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.93 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the last five years was a gain of 16.98 percentage points in Q3 2021, against a drop of 9.77 percentage points in Q3 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 19.91% (Q1 2026), 17.96% (Q4 2025) and 12.37% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nvidia | 4,268.67 Bn | 4,042.83 Bn | 72.14 Bn | 80.04% |
| 2 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | 2,021.63 Bn | 1,646.49 Bn | 27.22 Bn | 8.44% |
| 3 | Broadcom | 1,517.16 Bn | 1,443.21 Bn | 20.46 Bn | 26.30% |
| 4 | Micron Technology | 826.52 Bn | 732.16 Bn | 47.05 Bn | 72.24% |
| 5 | Advanced Micro Devices | 817.67 Bn | 765.89 Bn | 7.21 Bn | 10.71% |
| 6 | Asml Holding | 588.45 Bn | 544.14 Bn | 5.90 Bn | - |
| 7 | Intel | 306.30 Bn | 152.37 Bn | 7.10 Bn | 0.99% |
| 8 | Applied Materials | 294.12 Bn | 259.56 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 28.98% |
| 9 | Lam Research | 272.90 Bn | 248.95 Bn | 4.30 Bn | 54.76% |
| 10 | Adeia | 1.79 Bn | 1.01 Bn | - | 19.21% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 19.21% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 21.37% |
| 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 | 9.40% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.63% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 10.05% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 13.45% |
| 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% |
API Access
Adeia Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] 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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=ADEA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "ADEA", "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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=ADEA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();