Aqua Metals AQMS
NASDAQ AQMS
$2.80 +0.10 (+3.51%)
As of: Aug 21, 2026 · 11:14 AM EDT

Aqua Metals (AQMS) Return on Sales (2017 - 2024)

Aqua Metals (AQMS) posted quarterly Return on Sales of 9.93% for Q4 2024, down 35.0% year-over-year from 15.27% in Q1 2024, and up 9.43% quarter-over-quarter from 10.96% in Q3 2024.

Aqua Metals (AQMS) Return on Sales (2017 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

Aqua Metals (AQMS) has reported Return on Sales for 8 consecutive years, with 9.93% the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2024.

  • In Q4 2024, Return on Sales fell 35.0% year-over-year to 9.93%; the TTM figure through Dec 2024 stood at 9.93% (down 35.0% YoY), while the FY2023 annual figure was 9.58%, up 2900.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales grew to 9.93% in Q4 2024 per AQMS's latest filing, from 10.96% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.1% in Q2 2020 and bottomed at 43.05% in Q2 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 6.42% across 5 years, with a median of 2.46% in 2020.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Return on Sales surged 215 bps — and 2023, when it sank 3514 bps.
  • Aqua Metals' Return on Sales stood at 2.39% in 2020, then surged by 90 bps to 0.24% in 2021, then sank by 222 bps to 0.76% in 2022, then sank by 1166 bps to 9.58% in 2023, then fell by 4 bps to 9.93% in 2024.
  • Business Quant data shows AQMS's Return on Sales at 9.93% in Q4 2024, 10.96% in Q3 2024, and 9.58% in Q4 2023.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROS (Qtr)
1 Waste Management 89.81 Bn 89.25 Bn 2.73 Bn 0.00%
2 Republic Services 67.67 Bn 67.56 Bn 1.87 Bn 0.00%
3 Waste Connections 42.92 Bn 42.83 Bn 1.08 Bn 0.00%
4 Clean Harbors 16.73 Bn 16.21 Bn 608.78 Mn 0.00%
5 GFL Environmental 14.96 Bn 14.76 Bn 278.90 Mn 0.00%
6 Casella Waste Systems 5.88 Bn 5.85 Bn 178.80 Mn 0.00%
7 Sino Green Land 972.56 Mn 972.48 Mn -78,936.00 -0.01%
8 Onterris 562.51 Mn 548.82 Mn 82.26 Mn 0.00%
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 340.06 Mn 306.10 Mn -2.50 Mn 0.00%
10 Aqua Metals 9.54 Mn 9.54 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2024 0.00%
Sep 30, 2024 -1.28%
Sep 30, 2023 -1.82%
Jun 30, 2023 -43.05%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.87%
Sep 30, 2022 -0.91%
Jun 30, 2022 -7.92%
Dec 31, 2021 -0.27%
Jun 30, 2021 -3.27%
Mar 31, 2021 -2.82%
Dec 31, 2020 -2.39%
Sep 30, 2020 -0.20%
Jun 30, 2020 -0.10%
Mar 31, 2020 -2.46%
Dec 31, 2019 -0.19%
Sep 30, 2019 -0.05%
Jun 30, 2019 -0.07%
Mar 31, 2019 -0.27%
Dec 31, 2018 -0.13%
Sep 30, 2018 -0.08%