ACM Research, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, ACM Research, Inc. had return on equity of 7.9% and a net margin of 10.4%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 3.8% | −0.9% | 8.8% | 17.6% | 12.0% | 14.5% | 10.1% | 13.9% | 13.2% | 10.4% | 14.5% |
| Return on equity | — | −1.7% | 14.3% | 25.3% | 15.8% | 9.2% | 5.8% | 10.7% | 12.4% | 7.9% | 9.0% |
| Return on assets | 2.3% | −0.6% | 7.7% | 11.8% | 6.7% | 5.4% | 3.4% | 5.7% | 6.2% | 4.0% | 4.8% |
| Effective tax rate | 20.0% | — | 10.9% | −2.7% | −12.3% | 0.3% | 24.9% | 16.7% | 21.1% | 9.8% | 11.2% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 11.9% | 14.1% | 13.9% | 12.0% | 12.2% | 13.2% | 16.0% | 16.6% | 13.5% | 16.1% | 15.7% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.9bn of assets due within a year against $786m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.9bn short-term assets against $208m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $969m of cash against $234m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 13% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 3% to 13% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt −$7m of operating cash flow against $234m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $138m against $8m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard ACM Research's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 6 / 20
Net income has been a median 5.1% of total assets over 9 years.
- Pricing power 16 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 47.9%, moving by 2.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 9 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 13.7%; its worst year was 5.5%.
- Cash conversion 2 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 2 of 9 years, at a median -11.5% of revenue.
- Discipline 11 / 20
The diluted share count rose 12.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 3.1% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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