PubMatic (PUBM) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)

PubMatic's (PUBM) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 6.85% in Q1 2026, down 616.0% year-on-year from 1.33% in Q1 2025, and down 20.08% on a QoQ basis from 5.71% in Q4 2025.

PubMatic (PUBM) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

PubMatic (PUBM) has 6 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 6.85% in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 616.0% year-over-year to 6.85% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 6.85%, a 616.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 5.17%, down 648.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 6.85%, down from 5.71% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for PUBM reached as high as 20.25% in Q2 2022 and fell as low as 6.85% in Q1 2026.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 4.06% across 5 years, with a median of 2.08% in 2024.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed sank 1757 bps in 2023 and soared 394 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 12.66% in 2022, then slumped by 94 bps to 0.74% in 2023, then surged by 79 bps to 1.33% in 2024, then slumped by 530 bps to 5.71% in 2025, then decreased by 20 bps to 6.85% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 6.85% in Q1 2026, 5.71% in Q4 2025, and 3.82% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn 40.19%
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - 9.52%
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 12.40%
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 12.81%
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 10.65%
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 10.59%
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn -7.29%
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn -25.94%
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 17.43%
10 PubMatic 579.58 Mn 434.70 Mn 36.47 Mn -6.85%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%