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Advantage Solutions Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Advantage Solutions Inc. had return on equity of -35.0%, an operating margin of -3.6%, debt equal to 304.7% of equity and a current ratio of 2.25. 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 year2018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Operating margin−29.4%5.6%2.1%6.4%−41.0%1.2%−8.3%−3.6%−3.2%
Net margin−31.2%−0.6%−5.6%1.5%−37.9%−1.6%−9.2%−6.4%−7.6%
Free-cash-flow margin2.1%2.6%10.0%2.6%2.5%5.3%2.4%1.6%3.2%
Return on equity−69.3%−1.3%−8.8%2.2%−76.5%−5.7%−35.3%−35.0%−57.7%
Return on assets—−0.4%−3.0%0.9%−27.3%−1.6%−9.5%−7.7%−10.3%
Asset turnover—0.630.540.620.720.971.041.201.35
Current ratio—1.841.561.711.931.871.982.251.79
Debt to equity0.0%204.7%88.9%84.3%185.0%171.7%229.9%304.7%394.5%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)n/m0.9x0.3x1.7xn/m0.3xn/mn/mn/m
Effective tax rate———36.9%—————
SG&A as % of revenue4.1%4.6%9.7%4.7%4.8%6.4%9.1%7.8%6.8%
Capital spending as % of revenue1.3%1.4%1.0%0.9%0.3%0.5%0.2%0.2%0.3%
Free cash flow ÷ net income———174.0%—————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow—0.0%0.0%13.3%0.0%3.1%40.0%1.6%14.6%

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

1 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $2.5bn
Short-term assets $830mLonger-term assets $1.7bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.5bn
Short-term liabilities $463mLonger-term liabilities $1.7bnShareholders' equity $402m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $830m of assets due within a year against $463m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $830m short-term assets against $1.7bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $102m of cash against $1.5bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 384% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 82% to 384% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $126m of operating cash flow against $1.5bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$116m against $144m of interest.

From Advantage Solutions 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

21 /100

Weak moat

How hard Advantage Solutions's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 7 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 -10.1% of total assets over 7 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -2.9%; its worst year was -41.6%.

  • Cash conversion 12 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 5 years, at a median 3.2% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (36 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 Advantage Solutions 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 Advantage Solutions Inc.