Pitney Bowes PBI
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Pitney Bowes (PBI) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2023)

Updated

Pitney Bowes (PBI) posted Return on Equity [ROE] of 13.90% for Q1 2023, down 35.74 percentage points from 49.64% a year earlier and down 127.16 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Pitney Bowes (PBI) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2023) Analysis & Trends

For FY2022, Pitney Bowes' Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 42.63%, up 44.11 percentage points from FY2021.

  • Annual Return on Equity [ROE] shows a four-year change of -322.65 percentage points (FY2018 to FY2022).
  • In prior years, Pitney Bowes' Return on Equity [ROE] was -1.47% in FY2021 (+98.80 pp), -100.27% in FY2020 (-199.82 pp), 99.55% in FY2019 (-265.74 pp) and 365.29% in FY2018.
  • The Q1 2023 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since Q4 2021.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] increased in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +97.02 percentage points.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] in the past five years was Q4 2021, with a gain of 239.23 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2020, with a drop of 364.46 percentage points.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity [ROE] for the three prior quarters was 141.05% (Q4 2022), 177.89% (Q3 2022) and 51.80% (Q2 2022).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROE (Qtr)
1 Accenture 132.79 Bn 93.20 Bn 6.13 Bn 24.31%
2 Cintas 77.24 Bn 76.43 Bn 1.48 Bn 40.29%
3 Iron Mountain 33.76 Bn 33.28 Bn 1.07 Bn -
4 APi 17.50 Bn 14.54 Bn 703.00 Mn 9.88%
5 Aramark 14.64 Bn 12.66 Bn 430.34 Mn 11.50%
6 Rollins 14.51 Bn 14.06 Bn 569.95 Mn 37.83%
7 UL Solutions 13.33 Bn 12.11 Bn 417.00 Mn 35.72%
8 Gartner 11.67 Bn 5.36 Bn 1.19 Bn -
9 Rentokil Initial 10.08 Bn 3.42 Bn - -
10 Pitney Bowes 2.30 Bn 1.07 Bn 254.70 Mn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2023 13.90%
Dec 31, 2022 141.05%
Sep 30, 2022 177.89%
Jun 30, 2022 51.80%
Mar 31, 2022 49.64%
Dec 31, 2021 -1.68%
Sep 30, 2021 34.16%
Jun 30, 2021 54.46%
Mar 31, 2021 -7.65%
Dec 31, 2020 -240.91%
Sep 30, 2020 -38.83%
Jun 30, 2020 -104.12%
Mar 31, 2020 -7.22%
Dec 31, 2019 123.55%
Sep 30, 2019 203.03%
Jun 30, 2019 233.78%
Mar 31, 2019 217.56%
Dec 31, 2018 257.75%
Sep 30, 2018 357.92%
Jun 30, 2018 461.29%
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