Materialise (MTLS) Return on Sales [ROS] (2013 - 2026)
Materialise's Return on Sales [ROS] was 1.98% in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, down 1.82 percentage points from 3.81% a year earlier and down 1.99 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Materialise (MTLS) Return on Sales [ROS] (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Materialise's Return on Sales [ROS] was 3.41% through Sep 30, 2026, up 1.59 percentage points year-over-year; for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, it came in at 3.34%, down 0.20 percentage points from the prior year.
- Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of +6.06 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Sales [ROS] was 3.54% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+1.34 pp), 2.19% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+3.43 pp), -1.24% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-7.18 pp) and 5.95% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+8.67 pp).
- The figure for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 marks the lowest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] since the quarter ended Mar 31, 2025.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Sales [ROS] was higher in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.08 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] over five years was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2021 (a gain of 13.09 percentage points); the worst was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2022 (a drop of 11.21 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, MTLS's Return on Sales [ROS] in the three quarters before the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 was 3.97% (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), 3.15% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026) and 4.43% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 402.78 Bn | 367.60 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 46.89% |
| 2 | Oracle | 351.77 Bn | 223.90 Bn | - | 34.78% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 277.85 Bn | 205.25 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 28.53% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 175.38 Bn | 131.25 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 20.55% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 120.86 Bn | 107.65 Bn | 2.53 Bn | -30.06% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 106.01 Bn | 85.27 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 9.38% |
| 7 | Intuit | 92.86 Bn | 72.21 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 10.91% |
| 8 | Relx | 73.60 Bn | 72.69 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 50.24 Bn | 37.38 Bn | 89.63 Mn | 16,670.89% |
| 10 | Materialise | 402.25 Mn | -234.30 Mn | 44.91 Mn | 1.98% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.98% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.97% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.15% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.43% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.81% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.21% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.86% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -1.93% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.28% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.52% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.06% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -1.70% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.87% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -0.92% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.59% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -2.48% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.48% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -1.87% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.09% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.73% |
Materialise 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=MTLS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "MTLS", "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=MTLS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();