Alta Equipment Group Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Alta Equipment Group Inc. had an operating margin of 1.3% and a current ratio of 1.43. 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.

Alta Equipment Group Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Gross margin	27.3%	24.6%	25.9%	26.7%	27.0%	26.3%	25.9%	25.9%
Operating margin	2.1%	−0.9%	1.5%	2.6%	2.9%	1.0%	1.3%	0.9%
Net margin	−6.4%	−2.7%	−1.7%	0.6%	0.5%	−3.3%	−4.4%	−4.4%
Free-cash-flow margin	−1.5%	−4.5%	1.9%	0.4%	2.5%	2.2%	1.3%	2.8%
Return on equity	—	−35.9%	−14.3%	6.8%	6.1%	−54.6%	—	—
Return on assets	−7.8%	−4.0%	−2.4%	0.8%	0.6%	−4.1%	−5.7%	−6.0%
Asset turnover	1.23	1.46	1.40	1.38	1.31	1.23	1.30	1.37
Current ratio	0.71	0.88	1.39	1.41	1.32	1.34	1.43	1.38
Debt to equity	—	192.5%	384.9%	392.2%	445.6%	909.5%	—	—
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	0.6x	n/m	0.8x	1.3x	1.0x	0.2x	0.3x	0.2x
Effective tax rate	—	—	—	12.3%	—	—	—	—
SG&A as % of revenue	—	—	—	23.1%	22.9%	23.8%	23.0%	23.5%
Capital spending as % of revenue	0.5%	0.5%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	0.5%	0.6%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	—	—	—	61.3%	516.9%	—	—	—
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	32.3%	33.7%	—	—	—
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	—	—	11.5%	52.6%	6.5%	21.2%	44.1%	5.9%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Alta Equipment Group Inc.: financial ratios, quarterly
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	27.8%	23.4%	27.2%	25.4%	27.9%	23.5%	26.6%	26.1%
Operating margin	1.5%	0.5%	0.2%	2.6%	1.1%	1.0%	−1.4%	2.5%
Net margin	−6.2%	−2.1%	−4.9%	−1.3%	−9.8%	−2.3%	−4.8%	−1.6%
Free-cash-flow margin	9.4%	6.2%	−4.5%	2.5%	−0.4%	6.4%	4.3%	0.5%
Current ratio	1.35	1.34	1.36	1.39	1.42	1.43	1.37	1.38
Debt to equity	510.8%	632.1%	878.6%	>999%	>999%	—	—	—
SG&A as % of revenue	24.6%	21.4%	25.2%	21.3%	25.1%	21.2%	26.4%	22.2%

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 5 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $1.3bn

Short-term assets $725mLonger-term assets $598m

What it owes, and who funded it · $1.4bn

Short-term liabilities $524mLonger-term liabilities $835mShareholders' equity $-36m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $725m of assets due within a year against $524m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $725m short-term assets against $835m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $21m of cash against $497m of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $62m of operating cash flow against $497m of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $16m against $83m of interest.

From Alta Equipment Group 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

27 /100

Weak moat

How hard Alta Equipment Group's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 8 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 -2.2% of total assets over 8 years.
Pricing power 10 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 25.9%, moving by 0.7 percentage points (standard deviation) across 7 years.
Durability 0 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 1.2%; its worst year was -0.0%.
Cash conversion 8 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 7 years, at a median 2.2% of revenue.
Discipline 14 / 20

The diluted share count rose 7.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.2% 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 (32 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 Alta Equipment Group 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 Alta Equipment Group Inc.