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

Goldman Sachs' Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.22% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 3.0% year-over-year to 0.22%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.22%, up 3.0%, while the annual FY2023 figure was 0.18%, 5.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.22% at Goldman Sachs, down from 0.27% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.4% in Q3 2021 and bottomed at 0.11% in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.26% (2025), against an average of 0.26%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales surged 33bps in 2021 before it fell -19bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.31% in 2021, then plummeted by -60bps to 0.13% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 42bps to 0.18% in 2023, then grew by 7bps to 0.19% in 2024, then grew by 13bps to 0.22% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GS's Return on Sales are 0.22% (Q4 2025), 0.27% (Q3 2025), and 0.26% (Q2 2025).