Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTI) Return on Sales (2014 - 2026)

Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTI) reported Return on Sales of 0.72% for Q1 2026, up 41.0% on a YoY basis from 0.51% in Q1 2025, and up 45.76% sequentially from 1.32% in Q4 2025.

Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTI) Return on Sales (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTI) has 13 years of Return on Sales data on file, last reported at 0.72% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Sales rose 41.0% year-over-year to 0.72%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 1.21% (up 40.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 11.82%, up 956.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales improved to 0.72% in Q1 2026, from 1.32% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.12% in Q3 2023 to a low of 21.0% in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 3.7% and a median of 1.32% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Sales.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Sales sank 1784 bps in 2022 and jumped 2088 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Tracing ASTI's Return on Sales over 5 years: stood at 4.14% in 2022, then slumped by 351 bps to 18.68% in 2023, then surged by 88 bps to 2.19% in 2024, then surged by 40 bps to 1.32% in 2025, then jumped by 46 bps to 0.72% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ASTI's Return on Sales at 0.72% in Q1 2026, 1.32% in Q4 2025, and 1.33% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROS (Qtr)
1 First Solar 22.08 Bn 19.65 Bn 486.13 Mn 0.00%
2 Nextpower 15.32 Bn 14.23 Bn 297.38 Mn 0.00%
3 Enphase Energy 4.98 Bn 4.05 Bn 100.39 Mn 0.00%
4 JinkoSolar Holding 3.20 Bn -107.75 Mn 147.66 Mn 0.00%
5 Solaredge Technologies 2.60 Bn 2.04 Bn 68.28 Mn 0.00%
6 Sunrun 2.35 Bn 687.09 Mn 407.49 Mn 0.00%
7 Shoals Technologies 1.55 Bn 1.55 Bn 41.01 Mn 0.00%
8 Canadian Solar 925.64 Mn 166.07 Mn 124.40 Mn 0.00%
9 Array Technologies 843.55 Mn 642.85 Mn 63.00 Mn 0.00%
10 Ascent Solar Technologies 24.55 Mn 24.55 Mn -18,793.00 -0.72%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.72%
Dec 31, 2025 -1.32%
Sep 30, 2025 -1.33%
Jun 30, 2025 -2.44%
Mar 31, 2025 -1.13%
Dec 31, 2024 -2.19%
Sep 30, 2024 -2.80%
Jun 30, 2024 -0.96%
Mar 31, 2024 -4.65%
Dec 31, 2023 -18.68%
Sep 30, 2023 -0.12%
Jun 30, 2023 -0.39%
Mar 31, 2023 -0.49%
Dec 31, 2022 -4.14%
Sep 30, 2022 -21.00%
Jun 30, 2022 -0.13%
Mar 31, 2022 -0.45%
Dec 31, 2021 -0.66%
Sep 30, 2021 -3.16%
Jun 30, 2021 -0.23%