Growth Metrics

Progress Software (PRGS) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Progress Software (PRGS) has 16 years of Return on Sales data on record, last reported at 0.1% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 10.0% year-over-year to 0.1%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 0.07%, down 2.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.07%, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.1% in Q4 2025 per PRGS's latest filing, up from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.21% in Q3 2021 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.12%, with a median of 0.11% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: decreased -13bps in 2023, then rose 10bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.11% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 42bps to 0.15% in 2022, then crashed by -43bps to 0.09% in 2023, then crashed by -94bps to 0.01% in 2024, then surged by 1810bps to 0.1% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Sales were 0.1% in Q4 2025, 0.08% in Q3 2025, and 0.07% in Q2 2025.