Alarum Technologies (ALAR) Return on Sales [ROS] (2017 - 2026)
Alarum Technologies (ALAR) reported Return on Sales [ROS] of 6.91% for the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026, up 2.24 percentage points from 4.67% a year earlier and up 6.65 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Alarum Technologies (ALAR) Return on Sales [ROS] (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Mar 31, 2026, Alarum Technologies' Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 1.51%, down 13.10 percentage points year-over-year; for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, it came in at 0.51%, down 20.61 percentage points from the prior year.
- Return on Sales [ROS] has a five-year change of +232.42 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- By year, Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 21.12% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+41.85 pp), -20.73% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+47.89 pp), -68.62% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (+39.23 pp) and -107.85% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+124.06 pp).
- The figure for the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026 ranks as the highest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] since the quarter ended Sep 30, 2024.
- Year over year, Return on Sales [ROS] gained in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +5.80 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Sales [ROS] in five years was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2021 (a gain of 213.06 percentage points); the low point was the quarter ended Jun 30, 2023 (a drop of 45.67 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026 came in at 0.26% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025), -1.05% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025) and -0.23% (quarter ended Jun 30, 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 284.90 Bn | 269.98 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 5.04% |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 259.19 Bn | 239.60 Bn | 1.10 Bn | -2.26% |
| 3 | Fortinet | 130.91 Bn | 116.84 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 33.66% |
| 4 | Snowflake | 112.60 Bn | 99.91 Bn | 1.04 Bn | -17.00% |
| 5 | Datadog | 97.22 Bn | 78.86 Bn | 881.34 Mn | 0.49% |
| 6 | Zscaler | 40.71 Bn | 26.83 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | Okta | 37.10 Bn | 27.20 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 13.29% |
| 8 | Axon Enterprise | 33.75 Bn | 28.27 Bn | 546.45 Mn | 5.17% |
| 9 | MongoDB | 30.01 Bn | 20.48 Bn | 569.77 Mn | 3.68% |
| 10 | Alarum Technologies | 9.56 Mn | -46.04 Mn | 7.23 Mn | 6.91% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 6.91% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.26% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -1.05% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -0.23% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.67% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.31% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 14.79% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 30.16% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 30.87% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 24.60% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 22.16% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -118.18% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -8.59% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -59.79% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -49.61% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -72.51% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -113.45% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -153.96% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -129.85% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -131.05% |
Alarum Technologies 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=ALAR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "ALAR", "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=ALAR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();