InterDigital (IDCC) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
InterDigital posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 30.94% for Q1 2026, down 993.0% year-on-year from 3.46% in Q1 2025, and down 9.41% on a QoQ basis from 34.15% in Q4 2025.
InterDigital (IDCC) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 30.94% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 993.0% year-over-year to 30.94%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 30.94% (down 993.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 38.49%, down 231.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 30.94%, down from 34.15% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 45.07% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 6.86% in Q1 2022.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 24.15% (2023), against an average of 25.37%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2025, when Return on Capital Employed soared 1758 bps; it then tumbled 993 bps in 2026.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 9.16% in 2022, then jumped by 164 bps to 24.15% in 2023, then surged by 73 bps to 41.67% in 2024, then dropped by 18 bps to 34.15% in 2025, then declined by 9 bps to 30.94% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 30.94% (Q1 2026), 34.15% (Q4 2025), and 45.07% (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 | InterDigital | 6.71 Bn | 5.63 Bn | - | 30.94% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 30.94% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 34.15% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 45.07% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 44.39% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 40.87% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 41.67% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 31.20% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 30.97% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 23.28% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 24.15% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 17.43% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 16.29% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 15.26% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 9.16% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 9.28% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 10.37% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 6.86% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.51% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.13% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 2.12% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 4.68% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 4.14% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 6.08% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 5.06% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 3.15% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 2.88% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 1.31% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 2.01% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 2.92% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 4.10% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 14.50% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 15.55% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 18.44% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 19.85% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 25.22% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 32.65% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 30.60% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 37.70% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 23.11% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 17.00% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 17.09% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 19.64% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 17.22% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 14.18% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 23.44% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 16.25% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 15.90% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 21.41% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 10.07% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 8.52% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 6.46% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 41.35% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 44.14% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 45.89% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 61.51% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 14.31% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 14.20% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 16.11% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 17.71% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 22.61% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 28.49% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 32.96% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 31.65% |