Growth Metrics

Marchex (MCHX) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Marchex (MCHX) has disclosed Return on Sales for 16 consecutive years, with 0.21% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 5.0% year-over-year to 0.21%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.12%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.12%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.21% for Q4 2025 at Marchex, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Sales was 0.24% in Q3 2021, with the low at 0.41% in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.13% across 5 years, with a median of 0.12% in 2022.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales crashed -46bps in 2021 before it increased 29bps in 2022.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Sales stood at 0.07% in 2021, then tumbled by -314bps to 0.28% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 67bps to 0.09% in 2023, then crashed by -76bps to 0.16% in 2024, then crashed by -33bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Sales were 0.21% in Q4 2025, 0.09% in Q3 2025, and 0.01% in Q2 2025.