Growth Metrics

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

XCel Brands' Return on Sales history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 7.15% for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Sales fell 233.0% year-over-year to 7.15%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 4.41%, down 210.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 2.73%, 154.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q3 2025 was 7.15% at XCel Brands, down from 3.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 1.09% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 7.15% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.98% (2022), against an average of 1.88%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales skyrocketed 125bps in 2022 before it tumbled -326bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.89% in 2021, then plummeted by -102bps to 1.81% in 2022, then crashed by -47bps to 2.66% in 2023, then tumbled by -122bps to 5.92% in 2024, then decreased by -21bps to 7.15% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for XELB's Return on Sales are 7.15% (Q3 2025), 3.02% (Q2 2025), and 2.1% (Q1 2025).