Return on Sales Calculator

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Total sales revenue after returns, discounts and allowances. Also called net sales.
Direct costs of producing goods or services: materials, direct labor and manufacturing overhead.
Selling, general and administrative expenses, R&D and other recurring operating costs. Do not include interest or taxes.
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Return on Sales (ROS)High margin
30%

Operating profit as a percentage of net revenue

Operating profit$300,000
Gross profit$500,000
Gross margin50%
Profit per dollar of revenue30.0 cents per dollar of revenue
30% %
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Gross profit$500,000
Operating profit$300,000

ROS is 30.0% - you keep 30.0 cents of operating profit per dollar of revenue

  • For every dollar of revenue you retain 0.30 dollars as operating profit before interest and taxes.
  • Your gross margin is 50.0%, meaning operating expenses consume 20.0 percentage points of additional margin. Controlling SG&A is the main lever to lift ROS.
  • ROS is capital-structure neutral (it excludes interest and taxes), making it a clean benchmark for comparing operating efficiency across companies regardless of how they are financed.

Next stepA high ROS is a competitive advantage. Ensure it is sustainable by monitoring whether pricing power or one-off cost cuts are driving it.

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