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% quarter-over-quarter 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.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 6.85%, down 616.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6.85% (down 616.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 5.17%, down 648.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed slipped to 6.85% in Q1 2026 per PUBM's latest filing, from 5.71% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 20.25% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 6.85% in Q1 2026.
- A 5-year average of 4.06% and a median of 2.08% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed tumbled 1757 bps in 2023, then surged 394 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 12.66% in 2022, then sank by 94 bps to 0.74% in 2023, then surged by 79 bps to 1.33% in 2024, then sank by 530 bps to 5.71% in 2025, then declined by 20 bps to 6.85% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows PUBM's Return on Capital Employed at 6.85% in Q1 2026, 5.71% in Q4 2025, and 3.82% in Q3 2025.
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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% |