Amcor key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2026, Amcor had return on equity of 9.4%, an operating margin of 8.1%, debt equal to 118.8% of equity and a current ratio of 1.25. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2017Jun 2017 | 2018Jun 2018 | 2019Jun 2019 | 2020Jun 2020 | 2021Jun 2021 | 2022Jun 2022 | 2023Jun 2023 | 2024Jun 2024 | 2025Jun 2025 | 2026Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 21.0% | 19.9% | 19.0% | 20.3% | 21.2% | 19.4% | 18.5% | 19.9% | 18.9% | 20.0% |
| Operating margin | 10.1% | 10.7% | 8.4% | 8.0% | 10.3% | 8.5% | 10.3% | 8.9% | 6.7% | 8.1% |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 6.2% | 4.5% | 4.9% | 7.3% | 5.5% | 7.1% | 5.4% | 3.4% | 4.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.8% | 5.4% | 4.7% | 7.9% | 7.7% | 6.9% | 5.0% | 6.1% | 5.4% | 5.2% |
| Return on equity | 96.0% | 94.7% | 13.8% | 12.0% | 20.0% | 18.2% | 25.9% | 18.5% | 6.5% | 9.4% |
| Return on assets | — | 6.4% | 3.3% | 3.6% | 5.6% | 4.7% | 6.1% | 4.4% | 1.9% | 3.0% |
| Asset turnover | — | 1.03 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.76 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.81 | 0.56 | 0.63 |
| Current ratio | — | 0.72 | 1.15 | 1.14 | 1.21 | 1.15 | 1.19 | 1.17 | 1.21 | 1.25 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 773.7% | 108.8% | 134.8% | 132.0% | 159.0% | 167.6% | 172.6% | 120.2% | 118.8% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 4.8x | 4.7x | 3.8x | 4.8x | 8.6x | 7.8x | 5.2x | 3.5x | 2.5x | 2.8x |
| Effective tax rate | 20.8% | 16.4% | 28.5% | 22.7% | 21.9% | 26.9% | 15.4% | 18.0% | 20.8% | 14.1% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.7% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 9.3% | 8.5% | 10.6% | 11.1% | 10.0% | 8.8% | 7.4% | 8.0% | 8.0% | 8.2% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 4.2% | 3.9% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.9% | 3.9% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 93.9% | 88.0% | 103.2% | 160.8% | 105.8% | 124.1% | 70.1% | 113.6% | 158.5% | 111.1% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 86.7% | 91.6% | 158.1% | 124.3% | 79.0% | 90.9% | 69.0% | 98.9% | 165.4% | 108.0% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 92.4% | 104.0% | 153.2% | 131.9% | 110.1% | 133.4% | 157.1% | 90.7% | 104.3% | 97.3% |
| Quarter | 2025 Q1Sept 2024 | 2025 Q2Dec 2024 | 2025 Q3Mar 2025 | 2025 Q4Jun 2025 | 2026 Q1Sept 2025 | 2026 Q2Dec 2025 | 2026 Q3Mar 2026 | 2026 Q4Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 19.7% | 19.3% | 19.6% | 17.6% | 19.6% | 19.1% | 20.1% | 20.9% |
| Operating margin | 9.3% | 9.2% | 9.4% | 1.7% | 8.0% | 6.1% | 7.8% | 10.1% |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 5.0% | 5.9% | −0.8% | 4.6% | 3.2% | 4.7% | 6.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −12.3% | 10.2% | 0.0% | 17.6% | −6.5% | 5.2% | −0.7% | 21.3% |
| Current ratio | 1.29 | 1.26 | 1.70 | 1.21 | 1.04 | 1.30 | 1.44 | 1.25 |
| Debt to equity | 183.4% | 181.0% | 224.5% | 119.2% | 125.7% | 129.4% | 135.3% | 118.7% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 8.2% | 7.9% | 8.0% | 8.0% | 7.6% | 8.1% | 8.3% | 8.9% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $9.3bn of assets due within a year against $7.4bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $9.3bn short-term assets against $17.9bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $1.1bn of cash against $14.0bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 119% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 147% to 119% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $2.2bn of operating cash flow against $14.0bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.9bn against $676m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Amcor'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 9 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 7.8% of total assets over 7 years.
- Pricing power 8 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 19.9%, moving by 0.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.
- Durability 11 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 8.4%; its worst year was 6.7%.
- Cash conversion 13 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 8 years, at a median 5.7% 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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