Harvard Bioscience (HBIO) Return on Sales [ROS] (2010 - 2026)
Harvard Bioscience (HBIO) reported Return on Sales [ROS] of -4.30% for Q2 2026, down 0.30 percentage points from -4.00% a year earlier but up 1.35 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Harvard Bioscience (HBIO) Return on Sales [ROS] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Harvard Bioscience's Return on Sales [ROS] came in at -0.28%, up 58.71 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at -56.13%, down 49.53 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] has a five-year change of -56.35 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Sales [ROS] came in at -6.60% in FY2024 (-8.29 pp), 1.69% in FY2023 (+7.80 pp), -6.12% in FY2022 (-7.85 pp) and 1.74% in FY2021 (+1.52 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] spans a low of -228.11% in Q1 2025 and a high of 13.69% in Q2 2022.
- Year over year, Return on Sales [ROS] gained in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.39 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Sales [ROS] in five years was Q1 2026 (a gain of 222.45 percentage points); the low point was Q1 2025 (a drop of 218.81 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at -5.66% (Q1 2026), 7.20% (Q4 2025) and 0.96% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 250.13 Bn | 229.16 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 17.40% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 180.31 Bn | 150.74 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 13.44% |
| 3 | Danaher | 162.34 Bn | 146.15 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 17.99% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 158.13 Bn | 138.42 Bn | 2.08 Bn | 19.44% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 122.37 Bn | 87.63 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 18.08% |
| 6 | Stryker | 117.89 Bn | 104.00 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 25.18% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 67.15 Bn | 61.92 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 21.65% |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 54.68 Bn | 51.83 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 13.31% |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 51.43 Bn | 35.44 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 29.48% |
| 10 | Harvard Bioscience | 37.45 Mn | 8.42 Mn | 12.63 Mn | -4.30% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -4.30% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -5.66% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.20% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.96% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -4.00% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -228.11% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.04% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -8.53% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -8.96% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -9.30% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.00% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -3.68% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.77% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.83% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -1.61% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -13.97% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 13.69% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -23.32% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.14% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.85% |
API Access
Harvard Bioscience 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=HBIO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "HBIO", "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=HBIO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();