Growth Metrics

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

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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%
Mar 31, 2021 18.04%