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Goldman Sachs (GS) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Goldman Sachs (GS) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.34% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales rose 5.0% to 0.34% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.29% through Dec 2025, up 3.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.29% for FY2025, 3.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.34% in Q4 2025 for Goldman Sachs, up from 0.27% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.4% in Q3 2021 to a low of 0.11% in Q2 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.27% across 5 years, with a median of 0.27% in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: soared 33bps in 2021 and later dropped -19bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.31% in 2021, then tumbled by -60bps to 0.13% in 2022, then surged by 42bps to 0.18% in 2023, then surged by 67bps to 0.3% in 2024, then increased by 16bps to 0.34% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for GS at 0.34% in Q4 2025, 0.27% in Q3 2025, and 0.26% in Q2 2025.