Materion (MTRN) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)
Materion (MTRN) posted Return on Sales [ROS] of 8.42% for Q2 2026, down 0.11 percentage points from 8.53% a year earlier but up 3.30 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Materion (MTRN) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jul 3, 2026, Return on Sales [ROS] at Materion was 5.99%, up 2.69 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 6.15%, up 3.34 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of +5.45 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Materion's Return on Sales [ROS] was 2.80% in FY2024 (-5.39 pp), 8.19% in FY2023 (+1.38 pp), 6.82% in FY2022 (+1.71 pp) and 5.10% in FY2021 (+4.41 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] has run from a low of -8.78% in Q4 2024 to a high of 9.06% in Q3 2023 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.66 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] in the past five years was Q4 2025, with a gain of 10.99 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2024, with a drop of 15.34 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales [ROS] for the three prior quarters was 5.12% (Q1 2026), 2.21% (Q4 2025) and 7.86% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nucor | 175.24 Bn | 165.01 Bn | 2.33 Bn | 16.60% |
| 2 | Rio Tinto | 166.15 Bn | 128.95 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Southern Copper | 143.83 Bn | 118.64 Bn | 3.10 Bn | 59.94% |
| 4 | Rio Tinto | 137.31 Bn | 104.37 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Newmont | 124.66 Bn | 89.98 Bn | 4.22 Bn | 16.03% |
| 6 | Ternium | 102.52 Bn | 75.29 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 12.44% |
| 7 | Agnico Eagle Mines | 95.19 Bn | 82.13 Bn | 2.15 Bn | 56.01% |
| 8 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 86.53 Bn | 83.18 Bn | 2.55 Bn | 31.18% |
| 9 | Barrick Mining | 66.50 Bn | 50.91 Bn | 2.71 Bn | 54.41% |
| 10 | Materion | 4.20 Bn | 4.13 Bn | 103.70 Mn | 8.89% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 8.89% |
| Jul 3, 2026 | 8.42% |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 5.12% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.21% |
| Sep 26, 2025 | 7.86% |
| Jun 27, 2025 | 8.53% |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 6.47% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -8.78% |
| Sep 27, 2024 | 7.16% |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 7.53% |
| Mar 29, 2024 | 5.77% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.56% |
| Sep 29, 2023 | 9.06% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.87% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 8.35% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 9.02% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.80% |
| Jul 1, 2022 | 7.15% |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.37% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.90% |
API Access
Materion 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=MTRN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "MTRN", "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=MTRN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();