Bridgeline Digital (BLIN) Return on Sales [ROS] (2010 - 2026)
Bridgeline Digital's Return on Sales [ROS] came in at -11.98% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 5.93 percentage points from -17.91% a year earlier but down 1.11 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Bridgeline Digital (BLIN) Return on Sales [ROS] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Bridgeline Digital reported Return on Sales [ROS] of -9.91%, up 5.87 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025), it was -15.78%, down 2.63 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] carries a five-year change of -0.70 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, Return on Sales [ROS] was -13.15% in FY2024 (+49.27 pp), -62.42% in FY2023 (-51.14 pp), -11.28% in FY2022 (-2.36 pp) and -8.92% in FY2021 (+6.15 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] is -216.59% (fiscal Q4 2023) to -4.37% (fiscal Q1 2026).
- Year-over-year, Return on Sales [ROS] has increased for four consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +27.15 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Sales [ROS] over five years came in fiscal Q4 2024 (a gain of 204.11 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2023 (a drop of 206.87 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows BLIN's Return on Sales [ROS] at -10.88% (Q2 2026), -4.37% (Q1 2026) and -12.45% (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 453.55 Bn | 422.61 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 47.12% |
| 2 | Oracle | 430.98 Bn | 303.54 Bn | - | 34.78% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 256.23 Bn | 177.31 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 26.76% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 193.08 Bn | 148.96 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 20.55% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 138.94 Bn | 117.40 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 4.06% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.51 Bn | 84.63 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -33.33% |
| 7 | Intuit | 75.44 Bn | 54.79 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 10.91% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.79 Bn | 57.76 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 56.32 Bn | 49.31 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -6,808.11% |
| 10 | Bridgeline Digital | 10.21 Mn | 4.26 Mn | 2.53 Mn | -11.98% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -11.98% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -10.88% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -4.37% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -12.45% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -17.91% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -19.23% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -13.48% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -12.48% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -9.73% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -13.64% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -16.91% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -216.59% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -17.01% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -16.17% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -8.87% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -9.71% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -9.58% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -14.72% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -11.18% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -15.11% |
Bridgeline Digital 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=BLIN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "BLIN", "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=BLIN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();