Commercial Metals (CMC) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)
Commercial Metals (CMC) reported Return on Sales [ROS] of -74.07% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended May 31, 2026), up 5.66 percentage points from -79.73% a year earlier and up 2.59 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Commercial Metals (CMC) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended May 31, 2026, Commercial Metals' Return on Sales [ROS] came in at -73.81%, up 10.58 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Aug 31, 2025), it came in at -82.97%, down 8.14 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of -7.00 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Return on Sales [ROS] came in at -74.84% in FY2024 (-8.18 pp), -66.66% in FY2023 (-4.48 pp), -62.17% in FY2022 (+13.46 pp) and -75.63% in FY2021 (+0.35 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] spans a low of -95.99% in fiscal Q1 2025 and a high of -55.02% in fiscal Q2 2022.
- Year over year, Return on Sales [ROS] has now increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.35 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Sales [ROS] in five years was fiscal Q1 2026 (a gain of 23.82 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q1 2025 (a drop of 27.13 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at -76.66% (Q2 2026), -72.17% (Q1 2026) and -72.28% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Tinto | 193.68 Bn | 159.81 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Southern Copper | 171.36 Bn | 150.22 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 61.16% |
| 3 | Newmont | 121.76 Bn | 89.94 Bn | 4.03 Bn | 16.48% |
| 4 | Ternium | 113.51 Bn | 78.56 Bn | 941.02 Mn | 12.17% |
| 5 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 103.45 Bn | 99.60 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 28.50% |
| 6 | Agnico Eagle Mines | 91.92 Bn | 91.92 Bn | 2.43 Bn | - |
| 7 | Barrick Mining | 67.42 Bn | 52.16 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 51.63% |
| 8 | Nucor | 54.54 Bn | 45.08 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 15.67% |
| 9 | ArcelorMittal | 49.09 Bn | 30.12 Bn | - | 6.29% |
| 10 | Commercial Metals | 7.04 Bn | 6.48 Bn | 455.14 Mn | -74.07% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | -74.07% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | -76.66% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | -72.17% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | -72.28% |
| May 31, 2025 | -79.73% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | -85.43% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | -95.99% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | -77.12% |
| May 31, 2024 | -75.91% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | -77.65% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | -68.86% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | -69.99% |
| May 31, 2023 | -66.19% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | -68.70% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | -62.00% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | -64.84% |
| May 31, 2022 | -61.67% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | -55.02% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | -66.84% |
| Aug 31, 2021 | -73.58% |
Commercial Metals 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=CMC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "CMC", "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=CMC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();