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Tesla (TSLA) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Tesla (TSLA) has disclosed Return on Sales for 16 consecutive years, with 0.03% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 5.0% to 0.03% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.04% through Dec 2025, down 3.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.04% for FY2025, 3.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.03% in Q4 2025 for Tesla, down from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.32% in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.02% in Q1 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.1% across 5 years, with a median of 0.09% in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: rose 16bps in 2023 and later fell -23bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.13% in 2021, then grew by 15bps to 0.15% in 2022, then surged by 107bps to 0.32% in 2023, then tumbled by -74bps to 0.08% in 2024, then plummeted by -59bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for TSLA at 0.03% in Q4 2025, 0.05% in Q3 2025, and 0.05% in Q2 2025.