AIR Industries Group key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, AIR Industries Group had return on equity of -7.6%, an operating margin of -0.7%, debt equal to 131.4% of equity and a current ratio of 1.24. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 20.3% | 23.1% | 24.2% | 21.9% | 21.5% | 8.3% | 9.8% | 12.2% | 16.8% | 13.0% | 17.4% | 14.0% | 14.4% | 16.2% | 17.1% | 19.7% |
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 9.3% | 7.3% | 2.7% | 0.8% | −19.7% | −25.6% | −11.0% | 0.6% | −2.9% | 4.2% | −0.4% | −0.6% | 0.8% | −0.7% | −1.1% |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 4.0% | 6.0% | 1.0% | −1.0% | −30.4% | −45.2% | −24.7% | −5.0% | 2.2% | 2.8% | −2.0% | −4.1% | −2.5% | −2.7% | −3.8% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.3% | 1.0% | 13.7% | −5.2% | −3.1% | −4.5% | −11.0% | −8.1% | −3.0% | −10.6% | 4.6% | −3.6% | 5.3% | −3.6% | −9.8% | −10.0% |
| Return on equity | 48.2% | 21.5% | 18.4% | 2.7% | −2.9% | −58.2% | −105.7% | −74.8% | −25.1% | 8.7% | 10.0% | −6.3% | −13.3% | −9.1% | −7.6% | −9.4% |
| Return on assets | 6.1% | 5.7% | 7.2% | 1.1% | −1.1% | −18.3% | −31.4% | −20.3% | −5.5% | 2.0% | 2.9% | −2.0% | −4.1% | −2.7% | −2.4% | −3.0% |
| Asset turnover | 1.45 | 1.42 | 1.22 | 1.11 | 1.04 | 0.60 | 0.69 | 0.82 | 1.10 | 0.92 | 1.06 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 1.08 | 0.88 | 0.79 |
| Current ratio | 1.36 | 1.42 | 1.51 | 1.57 | 1.04 | 1.16 | 1.25 | 1.31 | 1.17 | 1.60 | 1.75 | 1.79 | 1.46 | 1.43 | 1.24 | 1.24 |
| Debt to equity | 301.2% | 101.2% | 69.3% | 69.0% | 142.0% | 144.2% | 151.1% | 216.0% | 187.0% | 180.5% | 134.6% | 192.8% | 184.0% | 134.6% | 131.4% | 141.6% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.5x | n/m | n/m | 0.3x | n/m | n/m |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.4% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.9% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 7.6% | 2.3% | 4.4% | 4.1% | 4.2% | 6.9% | 3.6% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 127.1% | 24.9% | 230.0% | −505.2% | — | — | — | — | — | −485.6% | 165.9% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 15.5% | 16.4% | 16.8% | 16.0% | 22.3% | 14.3% | 22.4% | 20.7% |
| Operating margin | 0.5% | −0.7% | −6.1% | 0.1% | 3.1% | 0.7% | −4.9% | −3.1% |
| Net margin | −3.2% | −3.7% | −8.1% | −3.3% | −0.4% | 1.2% | −8.8% | −7.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −0.8% | −6.6% | 2.5% | −4.4% | −34.2% | −7.0% | −14.8% | 12.2% |
| Current ratio | 1.44 | 1.43 | 1.40 | 1.34 | 1.22 | 1.24 | 1.25 | 1.24 |
| Debt to equity | 128.2% | 134.6% | 129.4% | 133.3% | 126.2% | 131.4% | 138.7% | 141.6% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $49m of assets due within a year against $40m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $49m short-term assets against $1m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $5m of cash against $26m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 142% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 53% to 142% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt −$3m of operating cash flow against $26m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$531,000 against $2m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard AIR Industries Group'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 0 / 20
Net income has been a median -3.8% of total assets over 9 years.
- Pricing power 6 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 14.5%, moving by 3.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -1.4%; its worst year was -25.9%.
- Cash conversion 2 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 2 of 10 years, at a median -3.1% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 69.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.7% 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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