Growth Metrics

Tegna (TGNA) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Tegna's Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.05% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales changed N/A year-over-year to 0.05%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.1%, changed N/A, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.08%, 388.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.05% at Tegna, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.27% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 2.39% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.14% (2023), against an average of 0.11%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales crashed -253bps in 2024 before it soared 248bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.17% in 2021, then surged by 42bps to 0.24% in 2022, then tumbled by -56bps to 0.1% in 2023, then crashed by -2383bps to 2.39% in 2024, then surged by 98bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for TGNA's Return on Sales are 0.05% (Q4 2025), 0.09% (Q3 2025), and 2.11% (Q2 2025).