Growth Metrics

Salesforce (CRM) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Salesforce's Return on Sales history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.17% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Sales rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.17%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.18%, up 2.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 0.18%, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.17% in Q1 2026 per CRM's latest filing, down from 0.2% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.2% in Q4 2025 to a low of 1.58% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.02%, with a median of 0.15% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: crashed -163bps in 2022, then soared 157bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.03% in 2022, then soared by 424bps to 0.14% in 2023, then increased by 15bps to 0.16% in 2024, then rose by 26bps to 0.2% in 2025, then fell by -15bps to 0.17% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CRM's Return on Sales are 0.17% (Q1 2026), 0.2% (Q4 2025), and 0.18% (Q3 2025).