Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. had return on equity of 16.8%, an operating margin of 13.2%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 1.92. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 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 | 57.8% | 59.8% | 63.0% | 61.9% | 65.7% | 65.3% | 63.5% | 63.2% | 59.2% | 59.3% | 63.1% | 65.3% | 66.1% | 65.8% |
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 12.6% | 8.6% | 5.4% | 9.8% | 2.9% | 10.0% | 9.1% | 8.2% | 6.1% | 7.6% | 11.5% | 13.2% | 12.8% |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 8.1% | 5.6% | 3.9% | 8.6% | 5.1% | 10.7% | 12.6% | 7.0% | 6.7% | 9.2% | 13.2% | 13.1% | 11.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.4% | 5.2% | 8.5% | 5.2% | 13.8% | 11.8% | 5.5% | 13.9% | 12.3% | 3.4% | 14.6% | 20.9% | 13.6% | 17.7% |
| Return on equity | — | — | 48.7% | 5.6% | 13.8% | 8.4% | 16.9% | 18.9% | 9.7% | 9.3% | 12.6% | 17.5% | 16.8% | 13.8% |
| Return on assets | — | 11.2% | 6.8% | 4.2% | 9.2% | 5.3% | 10.7% | 12.1% | 5.3% | 4.4% | 5.9% | 7.1% | 6.4% | 6.2% |
| Asset turnover | — | 1.38 | 1.20 | 1.07 | 1.07 | 1.03 | 1.01 | 0.96 | 0.76 | 0.66 | 0.64 | 0.54 | 0.48 | 0.56 |
| Current ratio | — | 3.02 | 5.54 | 4.79 | 3.68 | 3.03 | 3.21 | 4.40 | 7.09 | 5.40 | 5.46 | 7.85 | 1.92 | 4.96 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | 3.9% | 3.5% | 30.5% | 24.1% | 17.7% | 23.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16.2x | 19.5x | 9.5x | 7.7x | 8.6x |
| Effective tax rate | 37.3% | 33.5% | 32.6% | 29.4% | 9.3% | — | 9.5% | 4.4% | −11.1% | 1.7% | 17.9% | 13.6% | 22.6% | 25.2% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 10.0% | 13.9% | 19.1% | 17.0% | 21.5% | 21.2% | 22.8% | 24.6% | 23.7% | 25.9% | 27.8% | 27.2% | 26.7% | 26.0% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.7% | 4.1% | 5.0% | 3.5% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 3.8% | 2.6% | 1.5% | 3.4% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.6% | 1.1% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 185.2% | 64.8% | 150.2% | 133.4% | 159.7% | 230.9% | 51.9% | 110.4% | 176.2% | 50.2% | 158.5% | 158.1% | 103.4% | 159.2% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 0.1% | 0.1% | 5.7% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.0% | 0.0% | 279.0% | 21.3% | 38.2% | 30.3% | 40.7% |
| 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 | 64.8% | 65.5% | 67.2% | 65.6% | 65.8% | 66.0% | 65.9% | 65.6% |
| Operating margin | 13.8% | 12.7% | 12.4% | 12.6% | 14.4% | 13.4% | 11.9% | 11.7% |
| Net margin | 15.3% | 12.5% | 11.7% | 13.6% | 13.8% | 13.3% | 8.9% | 8.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 31.0% | 22.3% | 7.5% | 7.1% | 25.7% | 13.4% | 18.7% | 13.3% |
| Current ratio | 8.66 | 7.85 | 2.14 | 1.95 | 2.06 | 1.92 | 5.16 | 4.96 |
| Debt to equity | 142.3% | 135.4% | 129.7% | 123.7% | 119.4% | 116.7% | 57.0% | 56.8% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 25.9% | 25.6% | 28.6% | 27.2% | 26.0% | 25.3% | 27.2% | 25.6% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $801m of assets due within a year against $162m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $801m short-term assets against $585m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $479m of cash against $491m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 57% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 69% to 57% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $199m of operating cash flow against $491m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $136m against $16m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Alarm.com Holdings'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 20 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 21.8% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 20 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 63.6%, moving by 2.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 7 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 9.2%; its worst year was 3.3%.
- Cash conversion 16 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 10.9% of revenue.
- Discipline 11 / 20
The diluted share count rose 10.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 4.1% 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 (72 before it).
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