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ADT Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, ADT Inc. had return on equity of 15.7%, an operating margin of 25.5%, debt equal to 206.4% of equity and a current ratio of 0.93. 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 year2016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Operating margin−7.8%6.5%6.1%3.8%0.8%0.2%16.5%25.3%24.7%25.5%25.0%
Net margin−18.2%7.9%−13.3%−8.3%−11.9%−8.1%3.0%10.0%10.2%11.6%11.9%
Free-cash-flow margin18.3%33.9%36.2%33.4%22.8%35.3%39.1%31.8%35.1%33.3%38.1%
Return on equity−14.1%9.5%−15.9%−11.4%−20.3%−10.8%4.0%12.9%13.2%15.7%16.9%
Return on assets—2.0%−3.6%−2.5%−3.9%−2.1%0.8%2.7%3.1%3.7%3.9%
Asset turnover—0.250.270.310.330.250.250.280.310.320.33
Current ratio—0.510.840.560.750.580.650.680.800.930.69
Debt to equity0.0%296.2%236.8%304.4%319.3%302.8%292.9%209.5%205.0%206.4%223.6%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)n/m0.4x0.4x0.3x0.1x0.0x2.6x2.0x2.7x2.8x—
Effective tax rate——————21.7%26.6%24.0%28.0%28.3%
SG&A as % of revenue29.1%28.0%27.2%27.4%32.4%36.7%30.8%29.8%30.6%28.7%29.0%
Capital spending as % of revenue2.7%3.0%2.8%3.1%3.0%4.0%4.0%3.8%3.3%3.4%3.6%
Free cash flow ÷ net income—426.5%————>999%319.9%343.5%286.7%321.5%
Dividends ÷ net income—218.9%————95.8%27.8%36.4%31.3%29.5%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow0.0%51.3%4.8%41.7%9.0%7.9%77.6%8.7%24.6%46.4%45.3%

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

2 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $15.7bn
Short-term assets $764mLonger-term assets $15.0bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $15.7bn
Short-term liabilities $1.1bnLonger-term liabilities $11.2bnShareholders' equity $3.5bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $764m of assets due within a year against $1.1bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $764m short-term assets against $11.2bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $4m of cash against $7.7bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 221% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 295% to 221% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $2.2bn of operating cash flow against $7.7bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From ADT 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

30 /100

Weak moat

How hard ADT'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 0 / 20

    Net income has been a median -0.1% of total assets over 9 years.

  • Durability 1 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 7.5%; its worst year was -0.5%.

  • Cash conversion 20 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 9 years, at a median 34.4% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (35 before it).

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 ADT Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to ADT Inc.