ROAS (Return on Ad Spend)

revenue efficiency metric

01 Definition

ROAS (Return on Ad Spend) meaning: Revenue attributed to advertising divided by advertising cost.

ROAS compares attributed revenue with media spend and is commonly expressed as a ratio or percentage. A four-to-one ROAS means four dollars in revenue for each advertising dollar.

Also called

return on advertising spend

Why it matters

How ROAS (Return on Ad Spend) fits the work

It helps evaluate revenue efficiency across campaigns and products.

In context

The shopping campaign produced a 4.2x ROAS last month.

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Practical note

ROAS does not include every business cost and depends on trustworthy attribution.