LifeStance Health (LFST) Return on Sales [ROS] (2020 - 2026)
LifeStance Health's Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 7.04% for Q2 2026, up 7.90 percentage points from -0.85% a year earlier and up 1.52 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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LifeStance Health (LFST) Return on Sales [ROS] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, LifeStance Health reported Return on Sales [ROS] of 4.95%, up 4.97 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 1.70%, up 4.22 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] has increased in each of the last four years, though with a five-year change of -0.84 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Sales [ROS] was -2.53% in FY2024 (+15.39 pp), -17.92% in FY2023 (+6.54 pp), -24.45% in FY2022 (+18.45 pp) and -42.90% in FY2021 (-45.44 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] in data going back to Q1 2021.
- Year-over-year, Return on Sales [ROS] has increased for 11 consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +8.73 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Sales [ROS] over five years came in Q3 2022 (a gain of 53.86 percentage points), and the weakest in Q1 2022 (a drop of 31.32 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows LFST's Return on Sales [ROS] at 5.52% (Q1 2026), 4.73% (Q4 2025) and 2.04% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HCA Healthcare | 92.33 Bn | 91.77 Bn | - | 15.29% |
| 2 | Natera | 58.66 Bn | 54.34 Bn | 485.19 Mn | -10.07% |
| 3 | Quest Diagnostics | 25.51 Bn | 23.94 Bn | 1.03 Bn | 15.08% |
| 4 | Labcorp Holdings | 24.64 Bn | 22.41 Bn | 1.11 Bn | 12.10% |
| 5 | Guardant Health | 23.35 Bn | 19.41 Bn | 219.03 Mn | -38.55% |
| 6 | Tenet Healthcare | 20.47 Bn | 11.62 Bn | - | 26.67% |
| 7 | Tempus AI | 13.40 Bn | 10.43 Bn | 246.50 Mn | -19.85% |
| 8 | Encompass Health | 11.75 Bn | 12.21 Bn | - | 18.43% |
| 9 | BrightSpring Health Services | 11.31 Bn | 9.65 Bn | 492.75 Mn | 3.37% |
| 10 | LifeStance Health | 4.38 Mn | -868.91 Mn | 153.04 Mn | 7.04% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 7.04% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.52% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.73% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.04% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -0.85% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.48% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.33% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.02% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -5.11% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -5.58% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -11.50% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -28.28% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -18.65% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -13.50% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -20.06% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -17.85% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -28.86% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -31.93% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -59.87% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -71.72% |
API Access
LifeStance Health 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=LFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "LFST", "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=LFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();