Growth Metrics

Factset Research Systems (FDS) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Factset Research Systems (FDS) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.23% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 1065.0% year-over-year to 0.23%, compared with a TTM value of 0.77% through Nov 2025, up 44.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.23%, down 47.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.23% for Q4 2025 at Factset Research Systems, up from 7.87% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.54% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 10.42% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 2.35%, with a median of 0.24% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales tumbled -1069bps in 2024, then skyrocketed 1065bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.25% in 2021, then increased by 7bps to 0.27% in 2022, then rose by 1bps to 0.27% in 2023, then plummeted by -3903bps to 10.42% in 2024, then soared by 102bps to 0.23% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for FDS at 0.23% in Q4 2025, 7.87% in Q3 2025, and 9.82% in Q2 2025.