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Q (QCLS) Return on Sales [ROS] (2013 - 2020)

Updated

Q (QCLS) posted Return on Sales [ROS] of -2084560.00% for Q4 2020, down 2083692.16 percentage points from -867.84% a year earlier and down 2082633.65 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Q (QCLS) Return on Sales [ROS] (2013 - 2020) Analysis & Trends

For FY2020, Q's Return on Sales [ROS] came in at -2622.24%, down 2402.07 percentage points from FY2019.

  • Annual Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of -2164.46 percentage points (FY2015 to FY2020).
  • In prior years, Q's Return on Sales [ROS] was -220.17% in FY2019 (+383.86 pp), -604.02% in FY2018 (-406.87 pp), -197.15% in FY2017 (-84.73 pp) and -112.42% in FY2016 (+345.36 pp).
  • The Q4 2020 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] in data going back to Q1 2013.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] has declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -267852.24 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] in the past five years was Q3 2016, with a gain of 1433.07 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2020, with a drop of 2083692.16 percentage points.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales [ROS] for the three prior quarters was -1926.35% (Q3 2020), -57993.06% (Q2 2020) and -975.05% (Q1 2020).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROS (Qtr)
1 Nvidia 4,516.52 Bn 4,290.68 Bn 72.14 Bn 66.24%
2 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing 1,945.01 Bn 1,569.87 Bn 27.22 Bn 60.34%
3 Broadcom 1,397.97 Bn 1,324.02 Bn 20.46 Bn 53.92%
4 Micron Technology 778.23 Bn 683.86 Bn 47.05 Bn 80.68%
5 Advanced Micro Devices 731.93 Bn 680.14 Bn 7.21 Bn 21.17%
6 Asml Holding 553.38 Bn 509.07 Bn 5.90 Bn -
7 Intel 294.27 Bn 140.33 Bn 7.10 Bn 15.27%
8 Applied Materials 264.14 Bn 229.58 Bn 4.59 Bn 33.74%
9 Texas Instruments 253.31 Bn 228.18 Bn 3.89 Bn 47.46%
10 Q 2.82 Mn 2.82 Mn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2020 -2,084,560.00%
Sep 30, 2020 -1,926.35%
Jun 30, 2020 -57,993.06%
Mar 31, 2020 -975.05%
Dec 31, 2019 -867.84%
Sep 30, 2019 -201.83%
Jun 30, 2019 -176.90%
Mar 31, 2019 -153.56%
Dec 31, 2018 -1,048.46%
Sep 30, 2018 -560.83%
Jun 30, 2018 -401.29%
Mar 31, 2018 -625.99%
Dec 31, 2017 -346.56%
Sep 30, 2017 -174.24%
Jun 30, 2017 -76.49%
Mar 31, 2017 -204.14%
Dec 31, 2016 -168.12%
Sep 30, 2016 49.13%
Jun 30, 2016 -106.10%
Mar 31, 2016 -205.54%
API Access

Q Return on Sales [ROS] API

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