Asure Software Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2023, Asure Software Inc had return on equity of -5.5% and a net margin of -7.7%. 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 | LTMSept 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | −11.3% | −5.9% | −15.2% | −6.5% | −1.0% | −6.5% | −2.7% | −10.5% | −8.5% | 41.0% | −24.9% | 4.2% | −15.1% | −7.7% | −10.5% |
| Return on equity | −41.7% | −27.1% | −143.6% | −52.1% | −6.0% | −42.9% | −8.9% | −14.0% | −9.1% | 25.0% | −11.5% | 2.1% | −9.5% | −5.5% | −6.2% |
| Return on assets | −19.5% | −5.9% | −11.6% | −4.6% | −0.7% | −5.1% | −1.6% | −4.0% | −2.7% | 8.8% | −3.9% | 0.7% | −3.4% | −2.1% | −2.8% |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20.1% | — | — | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | 14.4% | 15.3% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 12.2% | 11.3% | 8.2% | 8.2% | 6.7% | 7.3% | 9.1% | 7.1% | 6.4% | 5.7% | 6.5% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 56.7% | 56.7% | 59.1% | 52.0% | 51.5% | 55.6% | 59.2% | 62.2% | 41.3% | 56.8% | 55.5% | — | — | — | — |
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Asure Software'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 20 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 16.2% of total assets over 9 years.
- Pricing power 12 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 68.5%, moving by 11.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -7.2%; its worst year was -80.7%.
- Cash conversion 7 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 10 years, at a median 1.4% of revenue.
- Discipline 8 / 20
The diluted share count rose 55.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 3.3% 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 (57 before it).
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