Growth Metrics

XCel Brands (XELB) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

XCel Brands' Return on Sales history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.02% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales rose 4.0% to 0.02% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.04%, a 1.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.04%, down 1.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.02% in Q4 2025 for XCel Brands, up from 0.07% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for XELB hit a ceiling of 0.01% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 0.07% in Q3 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.02% across 5 years, with a median of 0.01% in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: decreased -3bps in 2024 and later grew 4bps in 2025.
  • Tracing XELB's Return on Sales over 5 years: stood at 0.01% in 2021, then tumbled by -76bps to 0.02% in 2022, then tumbled by -101bps to 0.03% in 2023, then crashed by -88bps to 0.06% in 2024, then soared by 60bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for XELB at 0.02% in Q4 2025, 0.07% in Q3 2025, and 0.03% in Q2 2025.