Api Group Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Api Group Corp had return on equity of 9.5%, an operating margin of 7.0%, debt equal to 81.5% of equity and a current ratio of 1.50. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 21.1% | 20.1% | 21.1% | 23.8% | 26.1% | 28.0% | 31.0% | 31.4% | 31.1% |
| Operating margin | 4.3% | −16.3% | −4.6% | 3.5% | 2.5% | 5.2% | 6.9% | 7.0% | 7.2% |
| Net margin | 3.6% | −15.5% | −4.3% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 2.2% | 3.6% | 3.8% | 4.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.0% | 14.1% | 12.8% | 3.2% | 2.9% | 6.2% | 7.6% | 8.4% | 7.6% |
| Return on equity | 21.5% | −12.8% | −9.2% | 2.4% | 3.3% | 7.3% | 10.0% | 9.5% | 10.6% |
| Return on assets | — | −3.8% | −3.8% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3.2% | 3.5% | 3.8% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.25 | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.99 | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.93 | 0.93 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.63 | 1.71 | 3.03 | 1.38 | 1.43 | 1.41 | 1.50 | 1.18 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 69.1% | 92.6% | 77.1% | 133.1% | 113.8% | 94.0% | 81.5% | 103.2% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 7.4x | n/m | n/m | 2.3x | 1.3x | 2.5x | — | — | — |
| Effective tax rate | 6.8% | — | — | 40.5% | 21.5% | 34.1% | 24.2% | 26.9% | 25.6% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 16.8% | 36.4% | 20.2% | 20.4% | 23.7% | 22.8% | 24.1% | 24.4% | 23.9% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 2.0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 27.9% | — | — | 270.2% | 261.6% | 279.7% | 214.4% | 219.5% | 183.4% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | 6.6% | 0.0% | 23.0% | 9.6% | 0.0% | 11.3% | 37.4% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 30.9% | 31.5% | 30.9% | 31.3% | 32.0% | 31.3% | 31.2% | 30.1% |
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 4.9% | 7.2% | 7.8% | 7.7% | 5.2% | 7.8% | 7.9% |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 2.0% | 3.9% | 4.5% | 4.6% | 2.9% | 4.4% | 4.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 14.2% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 9.6% | 16.8% | 3.4% | 2.3% | 7.8% |
| Current ratio | 1.41 | 1.47 | 1.45 | 1.48 | 1.50 | 1.44 | 1.39 | 1.18 |
| Debt to equity | 93.2% | 92.4% | 86.9% | 84.2% | 81.0% | 79.2% | 100.2% | 102.5% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 24.7% | 26.6% | 23.7% | 23.5% | 24.3% | 26.1% | 23.4% | 22.2% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $3.4bn of assets due within a year against $2.9bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $3.4bn short-term assets against $3.9bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $373m of cash against $3.6bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 102% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 123% to 102% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $775m of operating cash flow against $3.6bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Api Group's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 7 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 3 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 4.2% of total assets over 6 years.
- Pricing power 9 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 27.6%, moving by 2.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 7 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 4.8%; its worst year was -70.0%.
- Cash conversion 14 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 7 years, at a median 7.5% 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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