Marchex (MCHX) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)
Marchex (MCHX) recorded Return on Sales [ROS] of -3.14% in Q2 2026, up 1.45 percentage points from -4.60% a year earlier.
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Marchex (MCHX) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Marchex's Return on Sales [ROS] came in at -9.33% as of Jun 30, 2026, up 0.81 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was -12.60%, down 3.36 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Sales [ROS] has a five-year change of +73.42 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Sales [ROS] came in at -9.24% in FY2024 (+10.08 pp), -19.32% in FY2023 (-3.70 pp), -15.62% in FY2022 (+6.44 pp) and -22.06% in FY2021 (+63.96 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] since Q4 2017.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] rose in three of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.85 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Sales [ROS] in the last five years was a gain of 31.17 percentage points in Q4 2021, against a drop of 25.24 percentage points in Q1 2023 at the low end.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 406.71 Bn | 371.66 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 46.89% |
| 2 | Oracle | 356.71 Bn | 229.27 Bn | 18.57 Bn | 34.78% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 287.26 Bn | 215.24 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 28.53% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 175.69 Bn | 131.56 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 20.55% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 120.83 Bn | 107.63 Bn | 2.53 Bn | -30.06% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 103.38 Bn | 82.65 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 9.38% |
| 7 | Intuit | 91.37 Bn | 70.72 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 10.91% |
| 8 | Relx | 72.62 Bn | 72.62 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 48.71 Bn | 35.85 Bn | 89.63 Mn | 16,670.89% |
| 10 | Marchex | 6.53 Bn | 6.53 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -3.14% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -12.72% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -21.92% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -8.17% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -4.60% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -16.41% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -13.31% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -6.57% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -5.98% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -11.35% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -9.04% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -10.33% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -21.55% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -36.86% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -28.65% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -12.12% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -11.08% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -11.62% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -13.98% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -13.85% |
API Access
Marchex 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=MCHX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "MCHX", "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=MCHX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();