Return on sales

Return on Sales
Net income as a percentage of sales.
Return on sales varies widely by industry. The supermarket business, for example, usually has a low return on sales; the business is heavily dependent on volume.

Return on Sales
Return on Sales - Return on Sales shows how the efficiency of management use of sales income will benefit the daily operation.

Definition
Return on sales (ROS)
Used to measure a company's overall operational efficiency. It is computed by dividing net pre-tax profits by net sales.
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Return on sales (ROS): Net profit as a percentage of sales revenue.[1]
Return on sales (%) = Net profit ($) / Sales revenue ($)[1] ...

Return on sales
A measurement of operational efficiency equaling net pre-tax profits divided by net sales expressed as a percentage.
Return on total assets
The ratio of earnings available to common stockholders to total assets.

Return on sales, operating margin
The ratio of a company's profits - either before or after taxes - to its sales volume for the same period, expressed as a percentage.
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Return on Sales Abbreviated as ROS, refers to a measure of a firm's profitability, equal to... Return on Total Assets Abbreviated as ROTA, refers to a measure of how effectively a firm uses its...

Net Profit Margin (Return on Sales)
A measure of net income dollars generated by each dollar of sales.
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Net Income *
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Gross profit margin is an indication of a firm's ability to turn a dollar of sales into profit after the cost of goods sold has been accounted for. Also called gross margin, margin of profit. Compare net profit margin. See also return on sales.

See also: Sales, Return, Investment, Market, Profit