BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) Return on Sales [ROS] (2021 - 2026)
BigBear.ai Holdings' Return on Sales [ROS] came in at -229.36% for Q3 2026, down 163.40 percentage points from -65.96% a year earlier and down 151.65 percentage points from the prior quarter.
BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) Return on Sales [ROS] (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, BigBear.ai Holdings reported Return on Sales [ROS] of -164.22%, down 66.08 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was -167.54%, down 83.22 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] carries a four-year change of -113.63 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Sales [ROS] was -84.32% in FY2024 (-59.16 pp), -25.16% in FY2023 (+46.15 pp), -71.30% in FY2022 (-17.40 pp) and -53.90% in FY2021.
- The five-year range for quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] is -296.09% (Q1 2024) to -18.58% (Q4 2024).
- Year-over-year, Return on Sales [ROS] increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -35.99 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Sales [ROS] over five years came in Q1 2025 (a gain of 235.08 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2025 (a drop of 276.39 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows BBAI's Return on Sales [ROS] at -77.71% (Q2 2026), -70.44% (Q1 2026) and -294.97% (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 235.00 Bn | 220.07 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 5.04% |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 221.18 Bn | 201.58 Bn | 1.10 Bn | -2.26% |
| 3 | Snowflake | 96.49 Bn | 83.81 Bn | 1.04 Bn | -17.00% |
| 4 | Fortinet | 87.26 Bn | 71.51 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 33.89% |
| 5 | Datadog | 64.27 Bn | 44.82 Bn | 959.92 Mn | 6.24% |
| 6 | Zscaler | 31.67 Bn | 17.82 Bn | 689.22 Mn | -1.72% |
| 7 | Okta | 29.42 Bn | 19.51 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 13.29% |
| 8 | Axon Enterprise | 25.30 Bn | 19.82 Bn | 546.45 Mn | 5.17% |
| 9 | MongoDB | 25.20 Bn | 15.67 Bn | 569.77 Mn | 3.68% |
| 10 | BigBear.ai Holdings | 1.06 Bn | -178.04 Mn | 13.59 Mn | -229.36% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -229.36% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -77.71% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -70.44% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -294.97% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -65.96% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -278.09% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -61.02% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -18.58% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -25.39% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -41.90% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -296.09% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -21.14% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -24.16% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -26.57% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -28.54% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -65.34% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -30.49% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -147.12% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -45.14% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -97.61% |
BigBear.ai Holdings 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=BBAI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "BBAI", "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=BBAI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();