Aemetis, Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Aemetis, Inc had an operating margin of -18.8% and a current ratio of 0.07. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 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 | −1.5% | 3.3% | −4.7% | 10.3% | 17.9% | 2.9% | 8.1% | 2.2% | 3.2% | 6.3% | 6.7% | 3.7% | −2.2% | 1.1% | −0.2% | −0.4% | 10.9% |
| Operating margin | −63.4% | −3.2% | −11.2% | 1.4% | 11.6% | −5.9% | −0.5% | −8.1% | −6.4% | −2.4% | −3.7% | −7.5% | −13.4% | −20.0% | −15.1% | −18.8% | −5.3% |
| Net margin | −105.3% | −12.9% | −2.3% | −13.8% | 3.4% | −18.5% | −10.9% | −21.2% | −21.2% | −19.5% | −22.1% | −22.2% | −42.0% | −24.9% | −32.7% | −39.0% | −27.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −53.6% | −2.7% | −9.7% | −1.7% | 9.0% | −0.6% | −0.2% | −6.5% | −5.6% | −5.3% | −10.2% | −22.3% | −24.2% | −10.3% | −19.9% | −11.5% | −17.9% |
| Return on assets | −39.7% | −75.0% | −6.9% | −25.2% | 7.7% | −31.5% | −19.4% | −36.9% | −39.0% | −41.2% | −32.6% | −33.0% | −58.6% | −20.6% | −34.8% | −29.7% | −21.9% |
| Asset turnover | 0.38 | 5.81 | 3.05 | 1.83 | 2.23 | 1.70 | 1.78 | 1.74 | 1.84 | 2.11 | 1.47 | 1.48 | 1.39 | 0.83 | 1.06 | 0.76 | 0.80 |
| Current ratio | 0.11 | 0.24 | 0.12 | 0.35 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.08 | 0.32 | 0.21 | 0.43 | 0.31 | 0.07 | 0.08 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | >999% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | n/m | n/m | 0.2x | 2.4x | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | 0.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | 4.0% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.6% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | — | — | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 57.9% | 6.0% | 6.1% | 8.6% | 6.1% | 8.4% | 8.4% | 8.8% | 9.4% | 8.6% | 10.2% | 11.2% | 11.2% | 21.1% | 14.9% | 18.4% | 16.1% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 8.3% | 1.8% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 2.4% | 4.2% | 11.7% | 12.6% | 15.3% | 17.7% | 7.6% | 13.2% | 16.3% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | 261.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 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 | 4.8% | −4.3% | −11.8% | −6.4% | −0.1% | 17.8% | 5.0% | 21.6% |
| Operating margin | −4.8% | −28.7% | −36.3% | −20.4% | −14.4% | −5.7% | −11.6% | 9.2% |
| Net margin | −22.0% | −34.5% | −57.2% | −44.8% | −40.1% | −12.3% | −39.8% | −14.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −11.6% | −41.2% | −3.9% | −17.7% | −1.7% | −24.9% | −31.3% | −16.6% |
| Current ratio | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.08 |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 9.5% | 24.3% | 24.4% | 14.0% | 14.3% | 23.6% | 16.6% | 12.3% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $33m of assets due within a year against $415m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt $973,000 of cash against $416m 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 −$4m of operating cash flow against $416m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$12m against $55m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Aemetis'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 -29.7% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 5 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 2.0%, moving by 4.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -8.7%; its worst year was -19.5%.
- Cash conversion 0 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 0 of 10 years, at a median -12.5% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 228.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.6% 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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