Alamo Group Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Alamo Group Inc had return on equity of 9.6%, an operating margin of 9.5%, debt equal to 17.9% of equity and a current ratio of 4.57. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 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 | 20.8% | 21.7% | 22.4% | 22.7% | 23.2% | 22.6% | 23.0% | 24.3% | 25.7% | 25.4% | 24.4% | 25.2% | 25.1% | 24.9% | 26.8% | 25.3% | 24.8% | 24.2% |
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 5.7% | 8.2% | 7.2% | 7.4% | 7.5% | 7.6% | 8.0% | 9.7% | 10.0% | 8.5% | 8.1% | 8.8% | 9.8% | 11.7% | 10.1% | 9.5% | 8.9% |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 3.9% | 5.4% | 4.6% | 5.3% | 4.9% | 4.9% | 4.7% | 4.9% | 7.3% | 5.6% | 5.0% | 6.0% | 6.7% | 8.1% | 7.1% | 6.5% | 6.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 15.1% | 6.9% | 0.8% | 7.4% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 4.2% | 7.8% | 6.3% | −1.4% | 5.1% | 14.3% | 1.8% | −1.1% | 5.5% | 11.3% | 9.2% | 8.1% |
| Return on equity | 7.9% | 8.6% | 12.3% | 9.8% | 10.9% | 12.0% | 12.4% | 10.7% | 10.6% | 15.2% | 11.5% | 9.5% | 12.0% | 13.7% | 15.8% | 11.9% | 9.6% | 8.6% |
| Return on assets | — | 5.7% | 8.7% | 7.4% | 8.6% | 7.7% | 7.0% | 6.9% | 7.4% | 10.8% | 6.5% | 5.0% | 6.9% | 8.1% | 10.0% | 8.1% | 6.8% | 6.1% |
| Asset turnover | — | 1.45 | 1.60 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 1.57 | 1.42 | 1.46 | 1.53 | 1.48 | 1.16 | 1.00 | 1.15 | 1.20 | 1.24 | 1.14 | 1.05 | 1.00 |
| Current ratio | — | 3.35 | 3.65 | 3.93 | 4.18 | 4.40 | 4.27 | 4.16 | 3.87 | 4.49 | 3.50 | 3.28 | 3.18 | 3.82 | 3.76 | 4.51 | 4.57 | 4.39 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 10.0% | 3.5% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 56.4% | 40.0% | 18.1% | 13.4% | 16.6% | 76.8% | 44.9% | 38.2% | 38.4% | 25.2% | 21.7% | 17.9% | 22.1% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 7.2x | 8.4x | 20.4x | 28.0x | 43.7x | 15.5x | 9.9x | 11.4x | 18.3x | 18.4x | 8.8x | 6.0x | 11.1x | 10.3x | 7.6x | 8.0x | 10.2x | 8.5x |
| Effective tax rate | 40.1% | 27.3% | 32.1% | 33.5% | 29.8% | 32.1% | 35.4% | 35.6% | 46.2% | 22.3% | 25.4% | 27.5% | 26.7% | 24.1% | 22.2% | 22.5% | 25.6% | 26.2% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 16.7% | 16.0% | 15.3% | 15.4% | 15.8% | 15.1% | 15.5% | 16.3% | 15.6% | 15.0% | 15.5% | 15.8% | 15.2% | 14.0% | 14.2% | 14.2% | 14.3% | 14.2% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 1.7% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 368.3% | 174.7% | 15.0% | 161.3% | 49.8% | 49.6% | 85.5% | 165.0% | 129.3% | −18.6% | 91.1% | 288.0% | 30.4% | −16.3% | 68.6% | 159.4% | 141.5% | 133.9% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 12.9% | 13.4% | 8.7% | 9.9% | 9.3% | 8.1% | 8.4% | 10.3% | 10.4% | 7.0% | 8.9% | 10.6% | 8.3% | 8.4% | 7.7% | 10.7% | 13.9% | 15.3% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 3.5% | 7.7% | 58.0% | 6.1% | 18.7% | 16.3% | 9.8% | 6.3% | 8.3% | — | 10.8% | 4.1% | 35.2% | — | 12.3% | 7.8% | 11.9% | 20.4% |
| 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 | 25.1% | 23.8% | 26.3% | 25.8% | 24.2% | 22.7% | 25.1% | 24.6% |
| Operating margin | 10.0% | 8.9% | 11.4% | 11.2% | 8.9% | 6.0% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| Net margin | 6.8% | 7.3% | 8.1% | 7.4% | 6.0% | 4.2% | 7.0% | 6.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 22.0% | 19.0% | 2.1% | 3.8% | 12.6% | 18.7% | −6.7% | 9.0% |
| Current ratio | 4.15 | 4.51 | 4.30 | 4.56 | 4.43 | 4.57 | 4.32 | 4.39 |
| Debt to equity | 22.0% | 20.2% | 19.1% | 17.8% | 17.2% | 16.6% | 23.5% | 21.7% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 14.1% | 13.8% | 13.9% | 13.6% | 14.3% | 15.6% | 13.8% | 13.3% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $993m of assets due within a year against $226m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $993m short-term assets against $309m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $195m of cash against $258m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 22% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 36% to 22% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $163m of operating cash flow against $258m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $148m against $17m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Alamo 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 10 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 8.6% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 10 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 25.0%, moving by 0.7 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 12 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 9.4%; its worst year was 7.7%.
- Cash conversion 13 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 7.0% of revenue.
- Discipline 16 / 20
The diluted share count rose 1.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% 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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