PubMatic (PUBM) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)
PubMatic (PUBM) reported Return on Capital Employed of 6.85% for Q1 2026, down 616.0% year-over-year from 1.33% in Q1 2025, and down 20.08% on a QoQ basis from 5.71% in Q4 2025.
PubMatic (PUBM) has 6 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 6.85% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 616.0% year-over-year to 6.85% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6.85% (down 616.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 5.17%, down 648.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed eased to 6.85% in Q1 2026 per PUBM's latest filing, from 5.71% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 20.25% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 6.85% in Q1 2026.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 2.08% (2024), against an average of 4.06%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed sank 1757 bps; it then soared 394 bps in 2024.
- Tracing PUBM's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 12.66% in 2022, then tumbled by 94 bps to 0.74% in 2023, then soared by 79 bps to 1.33% in 2024, then tumbled by 530 bps to 5.71% in 2025, then slipped by 20 bps to 6.85% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest PUBM Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 6.85% (Q1 2026), 5.71% (Q4 2025), and 3.82% (Q3 2025).
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 | PubMatic | 488.16 Mn | 343.29 Mn | 36.47 Mn | -6.85% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -6.85% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -5.71% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -3.82% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -1.39% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -0.69% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.33% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.31% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.70% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.08% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.74% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.63% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.67% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 6.98% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 12.66% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 16.91% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 20.25% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 17.54% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 25.83% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 26.74% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 25.66% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 18.04% |