Progress Software (PRGS) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)
Progress Software (PRGS) reported Return on Sales [ROS] of 18.92% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), up 1.36 percentage points from 17.56% a year earlier and up 1.09 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Progress Software (PRGS) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Aug 31, 2026, Progress Software's Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 17.66%, up 3.15 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Nov 30, 2025), it was 15.68%, down 0.78 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] has a five-year change of -8.69 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 16.46% in FY2024 (+0.54 pp), 15.92% in FY2023 (-6.03 pp), 21.95% in FY2022 (+0.10 pp) and 21.85% in FY2021 (-2.51 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] since fiscal Q3 2024.
- Year over year, Return on Sales [ROS] has now increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.11 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Sales [ROS] in five years was fiscal Q2 2022 (a gain of 8.86 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q2 2023 (a drop of 14.13 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 17.83% (Q2 2026), 18.75% (Q1 2026) and 15.19% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 328.64 Bn | 313.71 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 5.04% |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 276.50 Bn | 256.94 Bn | 1.10 Bn | -2.26% |
| 3 | Fortinet | 132.74 Bn | 118.67 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 33.66% |
| 4 | Snowflake | 120.19 Bn | 107.50 Bn | 1.04 Bn | -17.00% |
| 5 | Datadog | 99.51 Bn | 81.15 Bn | 881.34 Mn | 0.49% |
| 6 | Okta | 35.35 Bn | 25.44 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 13.29% |
| 7 | Axon Enterprise | 33.58 Bn | 28.10 Bn | 546.45 Mn | 5.17% |
| 8 | Zscaler | 32.06 Bn | 18.18 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | MongoDB | 28.84 Bn | 19.30 Bn | 569.77 Mn | 3.68% |
| 10 | Progress Software | 1.51 Bn | 1.09 Bn | 203.54 Mn | 18.92% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 18.92% |
| May 31, 2026 | 17.83% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 18.75% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 15.19% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 17.56% |
| May 31, 2025 | 16.27% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 13.62% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 10.00% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 22.58% |
| May 31, 2024 | 15.51% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 18.95% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 12.73% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 16.78% |
| May 31, 2023 | 12.92% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 21.67% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 19.37% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 21.18% |
| May 31, 2022 | 27.05% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 20.31% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 14.53% |
Progress Software 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=PRGS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "PRGS", "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=PRGS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();