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Accel Entertainment, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Accel Entertainment, Inc. had return on equity of 19.6% and a net margin of 3.9%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin3.3%3.2%−8.6%−0.1%4.3%7.6%3.9%2.9%3.9%4.1%
Return on equity18.7%21.3%—−1.0%22.0%44.0%24.2%15.5%19.6%20.5%
Return on assets1.8%2.8%−8.7%−0.1%5.4%10.0%5.1%3.6%4.8%5.2%
Effective tax rate17.4%29.0%——32.2%21.8%30.6%34.3%28.7%27.8%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $1.1bn
Short-term assets $324mLonger-term assets $773m
What it owes, and who funded it · $1.1bn
Short-term liabilities $131mLonger-term liabilities $678mShareholders' equity $284m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $324m of assets due within a year against $131m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $324m short-term assets against $678m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $255m of cash against $573m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 202% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 204% to 202% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $149m of operating cash flow against $573m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Accel Entertainment, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

43 /100

Weak moat

How hard Accel Entertainment's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 9 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 3 / 20

    Net income has been a median 3.5% of total assets over 9 years.

  • Durability 1 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 8.2%; its worst year was -7.9%.

  • Cash conversion 11 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 7 years, at a median 4.8% of revenue.

  • Discipline 19 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 6.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.9% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Accel Entertainment, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Accel Entertainment, Inc.