Pliant Therapeutics PLRX
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Pliant Therapeutics (PLRX) Return on Sales [ROS] (2020 - 2024)

Updated

Pliant Therapeutics (PLRX) recorded Return on Sales [ROS] of -78404.03% in Q1 2024, down 75243.75 percentage points from -3160.29% a year earlier and down 66749.29 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Pliant Therapeutics (PLRX) Return on Sales [ROS] (2020 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

For FY2023, Pliant Therapeutics reported Return on Sales [ROS] of -11654.75%, down 10341.38 percentage points from FY2022.

  • Annual Return on Sales [ROS] has declined for four straight years, with a four-year change of -11652.59 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2023).
  • Across earlier years, Return on Sales [ROS] came in at -1313.37% in FY2022 (-25.27 pp), -1288.10% in FY2021 (-1188.51 pp), -99.59% in FY2020 (-97.43 pp) and -2.16% in FY2019.
  • The Q1 2024 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] in data going back to Q1 2020.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] has declined for seven consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -13451.47 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Sales [ROS] in the last five years was a gain of 686.12 percentage points in Q2 2022, against a drop of 75243.75 percentage points in Q1 2024 at the low end.
  • Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at -11654.75% (Q4 2023), -4922.65% (Q3 2023) and -19083.87% (Q2 2023).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROS (Qtr)
1 Eli Lilly 1,082.65 Bn 1,051.23 Bn 19.71 Bn 51.16%
2 Johnson & Johnson 623.68 Bn 542.21 Bn 17.26 Bn 28.21%
3 AbbVie 459.43 Bn 432.59 Bn 12.70 Bn 37.86%
4 Merck 354.80 Bn 309.23 Bn 12.21 Bn -3.52%
5 Novartis Ag 269.16 Bn 225.03 Bn 11.24 Bn 32.97%
6 Astrazeneca 244.40 Bn 217.97 Bn 12.86 Bn 20.57%
7 Amgen 220.17 Bn 175.57 Bn 7.24 Bn 34.95%
8 Gilead Sciences 183.05 Bn 157.16 Bn 6.22 Bn -133.21%
9 Pfizer 160.27 Bn 107.22 Bn 10.94 Bn 28.37%
10 Pliant Therapeutics 65.02 Mn 65.02 Mn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2024 -78,404.03%
Dec 31, 2023 -11,654.75%
Sep 30, 2023 -4,922.65%
Jun 30, 2023 -19,083.87%
Mar 31, 2023 -3,160.29%
Dec 31, 2022 -1,903.31%
Sep 30, 2022 -2,155.67%
Jun 30, 2022 -594.15%
Mar 31, 2022 -2,258.69%
Dec 31, 2021 -1,230.57%
Sep 30, 2021 -1,684.04%
Jun 30, 2021 -1,280.27%
Mar 31, 2021 -1,054.23%
Dec 31, 2020 -430.52%
Sep 30, 2020 -346.09%
Jun 30, 2020 -471.56%
Mar 31, 2020 38.04%
API Access

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