AI Era (AERA) Return on Sales [ROS] (2014 - 2026)
AI Era (AERA) reported Return on Sales [ROS] of -85.16% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended May 31, 2026), down 80.34 percentage points from -4.81% a year earlier and down 142.06 percentage points from the prior quarter.
AI Era (AERA) Return on Sales [ROS] (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended May 31, 2026, AI Era's Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 32.83%, up 13.82 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Aug 31, 2025), it came in at 29.54%, up 14.78 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] has a five-year change of +334.96 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 14.75% in FY2024 (+256.21 pp), -241.45% in FY2023 (-172.06 pp), -69.39% in FY2022 (+2731.79 pp) and -2801.18% in FY2021 (-2495.76 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] since fiscal Q2 2024.
- Year over year, Return on Sales [ROS] gained in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +43.66 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Sales [ROS] in five years was fiscal Q4 2022 (a gain of 7681.41 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q4 2021 (a drop of 8782.44 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 56.91% (Q2 2026), 26.06% (Q1 2026) and 63.73% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walt Disney | 176.43 Bn | 161.00 Bn | 11.57 Bn | -35.31% |
| 2 | Warner Music | 14.03 Bn | 11.52 Bn | 854.00 Mn | 16.36% |
| 3 | Lionsgate Studios | 3.32 Bn | 2.28 Bn | - | 3.30% |
| 4 | Angel Studios | 753.52 Mn | 559.02 Mn | 59.96 Mn | -16.57% |
| 5 | Reservoir Media | 627.66 Mn | 539.97 Mn | 26.69 Mn | 12.97% |
| 6 | Kartoon Studios | 34.83 Mn | 17.70 Mn | - | - |
| 7 | American Picture House | 7.96 Mn | 7.96 Mn | - | 58.00% |
| 8 | Nexus Advanced Technologies | 1.88 Mn | -16.73 Mn | - | - |
| 9 | AI Era | 348,100.85 | -302,132.15 | - | -85.16% |
| 10 | Sony | 146.49 Bn | 96.88 Bn | 6.53 Bn | 16.79% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | -85.16% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 56.91% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 26.06% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 63.73% |
| May 31, 2025 | -4.81% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 20.19% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | -8.42% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 61.32% |
| May 31, 2024 | 19.39% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | -126.69% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | -3.51% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | -176.95% |
| May 31, 2023 | -80.35% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | -356.44% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | -508.46% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | -46.33% |
| May 31, 2022 | -401.45% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 25.02% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | -2,813.02% |
| Aug 31, 2021 | -7,727.74% |
AI Era Return on Sales [ROS] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=AERA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "AERA", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=AERA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();