Digimarc (DMRC) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Digimarc Parent posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 4.53% for Q1 2026, up 1122.0% year-on-year from 0.37% in Q1 2025, and up 69.36% on a QoQ basis from 14.78% in Q4 2025.
Digimarc Parent (DMRC) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 4.53% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 1122.0% year-over-year to 4.53%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 4.53% (up 1122.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 12.1%, down 25.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 4.53%, up from 14.78% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 1.54% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 77.59% in Q1 2022.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 11.48% (2024), against an average of 18.07%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed sank 3898 bps; it then surged 6822 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 11.75% in 2022, then declined by 13 bps to 13.31% in 2023, then advanced by 14 bps to 11.48% in 2024, then declined by 29 bps to 14.78% in 2025, then jumped by 69 bps to 4.53% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 4.53% (Q1 2026), 14.78% (Q4 2025), and 9.96% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 40.19% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 12.51% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 12.81% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 12.40% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 12.32% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 17.43% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 49.21% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -20.99% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 23.43% |
| 10 | Digimarc Parent | 264.54 Mn | 254.57 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -4.53% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -14.78% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -9.96% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -14.48% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -15.75% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -11.48% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -5.80% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -5.13% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -7.06% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -13.31% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -1.54% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -6.49% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -9.37% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -11.75% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -50.04% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -48.21% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -77.59% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -65.68% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -56.47% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -54.51% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -38.61% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -41.28% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -58.49% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -77.88% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -70.26% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -61.28% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | -53.24% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | -57.19% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | -61.72% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | -55.73% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | -50.24% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | -40.19% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | -35.34% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -33.11% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | -29.78% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | -32.70% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | -31.75% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | -28.84% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | -34.71% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | -45.57% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | -38.49% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | -33.73% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | -32.73% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | -32.13% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | -31.28% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | -31.66% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | -31.33% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | -27.27% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | -14.32% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | -4.63% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 5.29% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 11.88% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 13.31% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 27.72% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 17.27% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 17.14% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 20.17% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 3.18% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 20.18% |