Applovin Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Applovin Corp had an operating margin of 75.8%, debt equal to 166.3% of equity and a current ratio of 3.32. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 75.7% | 61.7% | 64.6% | 55.4% | 80.6% | 83.9% | 87.9% | 88.5% |
| Operating margin | 19.6% | −4.3% | 5.4% | −1.7% | 41.9% | 59.3% | 75.8% | 77.4% |
| Net margin | 12.0% | −8.6% | 1.3% | −6.8% | 19.4% | 49.0% | 60.8% | 64.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 19.6% | 15.1% | 12.9% | 14.6% | 57.4% | 65.0% | 72.5% | 66.3% |
| Return on equity | — | — | 3.6% | −9.5% | 22.6% | 134.7% | — | 166.5% |
| Return on assets | — | −5.8% | 0.9% | −3.2% | 6.4% | 28.1% | 50.8% | 56.8% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.47 | 0.33 | 0.57 | 0.83 | 0.88 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.11 | 5.05 | 3.35 | 1.71 | 2.19 | 3.32 | 4.30 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | 152.2% | 170.6% | 265.5% | 325.7% | 166.3% | 111.1% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | n/m | 2.7x | 6.2x | 20.7x | 26.6x |
| Effective tax rate | 5.7% | — | 23.7% | — | 8.7% | 1.4% | 13.1% | 15.4% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 4.5% | 12.4% | 13.1% | 18.0% | 18.1% | 11.6% | 4.1% | 4.7% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 163.9% | — | >999% | — | 296.4% | 132.6% | 119.1% | 102.7% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 82.2% | 109.1% | 46.9% | 55.2% | 54.2% |
| 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 | 85.5% | 84.7% | 86.9% | 87.7% | 87.6% | 88.9% | 88.9% | 88.3% |
| Operating margin | 64.0% | 62.9% | 72.5% | 76.1% | 76.8% | 76.9% | 78.2% | 77.7% |
| Net margin | 52.0% | 60.0% | 49.7% | 65.1% | 59.5% | 66.5% | 65.4% | 65.8% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 65.9% | 70.1% | 71.8% | 61.3% | 75.0% | 79.2% | 70.1% | 45.2% |
| Current ratio | 2.41 | 2.19 | 1.68 | 2.74 | 3.25 | 3.32 | 3.24 | 4.30 |
| Debt to equity | 374.1% | 322.0% | 644.7% | 300.8% | 238.3% | 164.6% | 148.7% | 111.1% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 9.7% | 10.6% | 4.9% | 3.5% | 3.1% | 5.0% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $5.4bn of assets due within a year against $1.3bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $5.4bn short-term assets against $3.9bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $3.1bn of cash against $3.5bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 111% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 150% to 111% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $4.5bn of operating cash flow against $3.5bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $5.3bn against $199m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Applovin's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 20 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 27.1% of total assets over 5 years.
- Pricing power 12 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 74.3%, moving by 13.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 34.2%; its worst year was -1.6%.
- Cash conversion 20 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 6 years, at a median 47.2% of revenue.
- Discipline 5 / 20
The diluted share count rose 34.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 6.2% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (67 before it).
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