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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

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Applovin Corp: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin75.7%61.7%64.6%55.4%80.6%83.9%87.9%88.5%
Operating margin19.6%−4.3%5.4%−1.7%41.9%59.3%75.8%77.4%
Net margin12.0%−8.6%1.3%−6.8%19.4%49.0%60.8%64.6%
Free-cash-flow margin19.6%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—0.670.670.470.330.570.830.88
Current ratio—1.115.053.351.712.193.324.30
Debt to equity——152.2%170.6%265.5%325.7%166.3%111.1%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)———n/m2.7x6.2x20.7x26.6x
Effective tax rate5.7%—23.7%—8.7%1.4%13.1%15.4%
R&D as % of revenue4.5%12.4%13.1%18.0%18.1%11.6%4.1%4.7%
Capital spending as % of revenue0.3%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.1%0.0%0.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income163.9%—>999%—296.4%132.6%119.1%102.7%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow0.0%0.8%0.0%82.2%109.1%46.9%55.2%54.2%

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

5 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $8.3bn
Short-term assets $5.4bnLonger-term assets $2.9bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $8.3bn
Short-term liabilities $1.3bnLonger-term liabilities $3.9bnShareholders' equity $3.2bn
  • 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.

From Applovin 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

52 /100

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).

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 Applovin Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Applovin Corp.