Plains All American Pipeline (PAA) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)
Plains All American Pipeline's Return on Sales [ROS] was 2.25% in Q2 2026, unchanged from 2.25% a year earlier and down 1.00 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Plains All American Pipeline (PAA) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Plains All American Pipeline's Return on Sales [ROS] was 3.14% through Jun 30, 2026, up 1.48 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 3.24%, up 1.46 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of +13.44 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Sales [ROS] was 1.78% in FY2024 (-0.88 pp), 2.66% in FY2023 (+0.40 pp), 2.25% in FY2022 (+0.23 pp) and 2.02% in FY2021 (+12.22 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] has moved between -0.35% (Q3 2021) and 4.61% (Q4 2021) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Sales [ROS] was higher in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.49 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] over five years was Q4 2021 (a gain of 5.70 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2022 (a drop of 4.90 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, PAA's Return on Sales [ROS] in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 3.25% (Q1 2026), 3.36% (Q4 2025) and 4.18% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enbridge | 100.40 Bn | 97.94 Bn | 4.84 Bn | 9.93% |
| 2 | Williams Companies | 86.28 Bn | 85.00 Bn | 2.54 Bn | 38.72% |
| 3 | Enterprise Products Partners | 78.15 Bn | 76.58 Bn | - | 12.31% |
| 4 | Energy Transfer | 70.55 Bn | 63.99 Bn | 7.40 Bn | 10.41% |
| 5 | Kinder Morgan | 69.13 Bn | 70.08 Bn | 3.07 Bn | 30.06% |
| 6 | Tc Energy | 61.50 Bn | 64.57 Bn | 2.81 Bn | 135.28% |
| 7 | Targa Resources | 60.39 Bn | 60.01 Bn | 2.14 Bn | 27.80% |
| 8 | Mplx | 57.19 Bn | 50.75 Bn | 2.91 Bn | 41.61% |
| 9 | Cheniere Energy | 55.74 Bn | 55.87 Bn | 5.29 Bn | 74.84% |
| 10 | Plains All American Pipeline | 16.76 Bn | 14.02 Bn | 1.14 Bn | 2.25% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.25% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.25% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.36% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.18% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.25% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.10% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -0.13% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.57% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.60% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.06% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.53% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.94% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.26% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.83% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.29% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.37% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.51% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.14% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.61% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -0.35% |
API Access
Plains All American Pipeline 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=PAA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "PAA", "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=PAA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();