Alight (ALIT) Return on Sales [ROS] (2020 - 2026)
Alight's Return on Sales [ROS] came in at -12.20% for Q3 2026, up 235.83 percentage points from -248.03% a year earlier but down 4.37 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Alight (ALIT) Return on Sales [ROS] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Alight reported Return on Sales [ROS] of -39.72%, up 60.59 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was -136.60%, down 132.75 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] carries a five-year change of -141.99 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Sales [ROS] was -3.86% in FY2024 (-0.46 pp), -3.39% in FY2023 (+0.86 pp) and -4.26% in FY2022.
- The five-year range for quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] is -248.03% (Q3 2025) to 6.47% (Q4 2024).
- Year-over-year, Return on Sales [ROS] increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -15.06 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Sales [ROS] over five years came in Q3 2026 (a gain of 235.83 percentage points), and the weakest in Q3 2025 (a drop of 240.46 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows ALIT's Return on Sales [ROS] at -7.83% (Q2 2026), -4.12% (Q1 2026) and -114.85% (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 406.71 Bn | 371.66 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 46.89% |
| 2 | Oracle | 356.71 Bn | 229.27 Bn | 18.57 Bn | 34.78% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 287.26 Bn | 215.24 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 28.53% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 175.69 Bn | 131.56 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 20.55% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 120.83 Bn | 107.63 Bn | 2.53 Bn | -30.06% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 103.38 Bn | 82.65 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 9.38% |
| 7 | Intuit | 91.37 Bn | 70.72 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 10.91% |
| 8 | Relx | 72.62 Bn | 72.62 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 48.71 Bn | 35.85 Bn | 89.63 Mn | 16,670.89% |
| 10 | Alight | 323.11 Mn | -552.89 Mn | 135.00 Mn | -12.20% |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -12.20% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -7.83% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -4.12% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -114.85% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -248.03% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -191.29% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -1.46% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.47% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -7.57% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -9.67% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -7.16% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.87% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -8.08% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -6.42% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -6.83% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -111.76% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -6.67% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -3.22% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.28% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.62% |
API Access
Alight 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=ALIT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "ALIT", "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=ALIT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();