Aterian, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Aterian, Inc. had return on equity of -83.9%, an operating margin of -26.1%, debt equal to 28.0% of equity and a current ratio of 2.02. 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.

Aterian, Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Gross margin	35.5%	39.4%	45.6%	49.2%	47.7%	49.3%	62.1%	56.8%	56.1%
Operating margin	40.1%	−47.5%	−18.7%	−13.8%	−80.6%	−53.4%	−11.9%	−26.1%	−49.6%
Net margin	−43.4%	−51.4%	−34.0%	−95.3%	−88.8%	−52.3%	−12.0%	−27.5%	−49.3%
Free-cash-flow margin	−41.5%	−22.1%	3.2%	−17.0%	−7.9%	−9.5%	2.1%	−15.9%	−7.6%
Return on equity	—	—	—	−190.6%	−120.4%	−108.1%	−35.9%	−83.9%	−121.1%
Return on assets	−54.9%	−88.8%	−54.4%	−100.2%	−83.5%	−68.3%	−21.3%	−48.0%	−63.5%
Asset turnover	1.26	1.73	1.60	1.05	0.94	1.31	1.78	1.74	1.29
Current ratio	1.45	1.37	1.01	1.49	1.89	1.95	2.01	2.02	2.13
Debt to equity	781.4%	529.1%	192.2%	14.6%	20.6%	30.8%	23.1%	28.0%	0.3%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	12.5x	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m
R&D as % of revenue	5.0%	9.3%	4.4%	4.0%	2.7%	3.2%	0.0%	—	—
Capital spending as % of revenue	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Aterian, Inc.: 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
Gross margin	60.3%	63.4%	79.4%	46.6%	56.1%	56.1%	55.6%	14.3%
Operating margin	−6.6%	−6.5%	<−999%	<−999%	−10.7%	−51.1%	<−999%	<−999%
Net margin	−6.8%	−5.3%	<−999%	<−999%	−12.0%	−52.5%	<−999%	<−999%
Free-cash-flow margin	−2.8%	−0.0%	<−999%	<−999%	−8.4%	−6.9%	<−999%	>999%
Current ratio	1.92	2.01	1.75	1.69	1.76	2.02	1.70	2.13
R&D as % of revenue	0.0%	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—

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

2 of 3 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $24m

Short-term assets $23mLonger-term assets $0m

What it owes, and who funded it · $24m

Short-term liabilities $11mLonger-term liabilities $0mShareholders' equity $13m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $23m of assets due within a year against $11m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $23m short-term assets against $0 of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$17m against $1m of interest.

From Aterian, Inc.'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

25 /100

Weak moat

How hard Aterian's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 8 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 0 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median -18.1% of total assets over 7 years.
Pricing power 12 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 49.9%, moving by 7.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.
Durability 10 / 20

Operating margin has been a median -22.4%; its worst year was -100.9%.
Cash conversion 2 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 1 of 6 years, at a median -12.3% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (30 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 Aterian, Inc.'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 Aterian, Inc.