Ampco Pittsburgh Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Ampco Pittsburgh Corp had return on equity of -144.4%, an operating margin of -12.5%, debt equal to 409.4% of equity and a current ratio of 1.84. 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.

Ampco Pittsburgh Corp: financial ratios, annual
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
Operating margin	15.6%	7.6%	10.6%	5.6%	10.3%	0.0%	2.1%	−16.4%	−3.6%	−10.7%	−2.7%	2.0%	−1.4%	0.7%	−8.2%	2.9%	−12.5%	−11.1%
Net margin	9.3%	4.7%	6.2%	2.9%	4.4%	−0.4%	0.6%	−24.1%	−3.1%	−16.5%	−5.3%	2.4%	−1.1%	0.9%	−9.5%	0.1%	−15.2%	−13.8%
Free-cash-flow margin	0.1%	2.4%	1.9%	5.4%	9.2%	2.4%	4.7%	−4.9%	−8.3%	−0.7%	−3.6%	7.7%	−9.0%	−11.2%	−5.7%	1.4%	−1.9%	−0.9%
Return on equity	15.4%	8.2%	10.9%	4.3%	5.8%	−0.5%	0.7%	−44.4%	−7.9%	−56.2%	−30.7%	12.7%	−4.3%	3.3%	−48.3%	0.7%	−144.4%	−185.9%
Return on assets	—	2.9%	4.0%	1.6%	2.4%	−0.2%	0.3%	−14.9%	−2.1%	−12.2%	−3.9%	1.6%	−0.8%	0.7%	−7.5%	0.1%	−12.9%	−12.0%
Asset turnover	—	0.62	0.65	0.55	0.54	0.53	0.46	0.62	0.68	0.74	0.74	0.68	0.71	0.77	0.79	0.76	0.85	0.87
Current ratio	—	2.42	2.56	2.75	2.85	2.78	2.70	1.53	1.66	1.36	1.56	1.63	1.67	1.99	2.02	1.89	1.84	1.78
Debt to equity	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	12.6%	53.4%	41.6%	88.6%	144.9%	48.6%	59.2%	101.1%	211.1%	218.4%	409.4%	442.1%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	149.8x	76.3x	115.8x	66.2x	118.2x	0.3x	22.3x	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	1.6x	n/m	0.5x	n/m	1.0x	n/m	n/m
Effective tax rate	38.0%	35.3%	37.2%	34.4%	21.4%	—	58.3%	—	—	—	—	−5.4%	—	28.4%	—	53.4%	—	—
R&D as % of revenue	—	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.8%	0.9%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	—
SG&A as % of revenue	13.3%	13.5%	12.1%	13.8%	14.1%	13.7%	16.6%	17.5%	15.6%	13.8%	13.5%	13.9%	13.3%	11.2%	12.0%	13.1%	12.0%	12.2%
Capital spending as % of revenue	13.1%	10.7%	4.6%	3.3%	4.2%	4.9%	3.9%	3.2%	3.4%	2.3%	2.8%	2.6%	4.4%	4.3%	4.8%	2.9%	2.2%	3.5%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	1.5%	51.4%	30.5%	188.8%	208.8%	—	808.3%	—	—	—	—	315.8%	—	<−999%	—	>999%	—	—
Dividends ÷ net income	26.5%	47.7%	34.9%	89.1%	59.9%	—	547.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	>999%	92.8%	114.2%	47.2%	28.7%	112.3%	67.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Ampco Pittsburgh Corp: 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
Operating margin	1.9%	5.1%	3.7%	−2.7%	1.0%	−51.8%	2.4%	4.9%
Net margin	−2.0%	3.1%	1.1%	−6.5%	−2.0%	−53.0%	−0.8%	1.4%
Free-cash-flow margin	8.8%	3.7%	−7.2%	−3.4%	3.0%	−0.1%	−1.6%	−5.3%
Current ratio	1.99	1.89	1.86	1.80	1.84	1.84	1.75	1.78
Debt to equity	189.1%	197.7%	178.0%	184.9%	197.9%	361.2%	368.1%	386.6%
SG&A as % of revenue	13.9%	14.9%	13.1%	11.5%	11.8%	11.7%	12.8%	12.6%

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 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $491m

Short-term assets $248mLonger-term assets $243m

What it owes, and who funded it · $474m

Short-term liabilities $140mLonger-term liabilities $303mShareholders' equity $31m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $248m of assets due within a year against $140m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $248m short-term assets against $303m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $7m of cash against $120m of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 387% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 40% to 387% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $11m of operating cash flow against $120m of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$48m against $11m of interest.

From Ampco Pittsburgh Corp'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

30 /100

Weak moat

How hard Ampco Pittsburgh'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 -1.1% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 7 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 19.9%, moving by 3.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 7 years.
Durability 10 / 20

Operating margin has been a median -1.9%; its worst year was -13.7%.
Cash conversion 3 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 3 of 10 years, at a median -3.4% of revenue.
Discipline 10 / 20

The diluted share count rose 59.6% 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.

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 Ampco Pittsburgh Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Ampco Pittsburgh Corp.