Astronics Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Astronics Corp had return on equity of 14.8% and a net margin of 3.4%. 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.

Astronics Corp: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	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	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJul 2026
Net margin	−2.0%	7.6%	9.5%	8.2%	8.0%	8.5%	9.7%	7.6%	3.2%	5.8%	6.7%	−23.0%	−5.7%	−6.7%	−3.8%	−2.0%	3.4%	8.4%
Return on equity	—	19.4%	24.0%	19.2%	18.4%	28.1%	25.3%	15.2%	5.9%	13.1%	13.4%	−35.1%	−9.7%	−14.4%	−10.8%	−6.4%	14.8%	46.8%
Return on assets	—	9.9%	13.3%	11.3%	7.8%	10.7%	11.4%	8.0%	2.9%	6.2%	6.7%	−16.5%	−4.2%	−5.8%	−4.2%	−2.5%	4.3%	10.8%
Effective tax rate	—	31.5%	25.6%	30.7%	28.6%	29.0%	28.8%	29.6%	21.3%	10.5%	23.8%	—	—	—	—	—	8.1%	4.2%
R&D as % of revenue	—	14.5%	15.8%	16.9%	15.5%	11.6%	13.0%	14.0%	15.2%	14.2%	14.1%	8.0%	9.7%	9.0%	7.8%	6.5%	5.0%	4.6%
SG&A as % of revenue	12.6%	11.8%	11.9%	13.8%	13.4%	12.1%	12.9%	13.4%	14.2%	14.6%	18.6%	22.0%	22.3%	19.0%	18.5%	17.8%	16.0%	14.5%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Astronics Corp: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q3Sept 2024	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Apr 2026	2026 Q2Jul 2026
Net margin	−5.8%	−1.4%	4.6%	0.6%	−5.2%	12.3%	11.1%	13.5%
R&D as % of revenue	6.1%	5.8%	5.4%	5.7%	4.8%	4.4%	5.2%	4.2%
SG&A as % of revenue	16.9%	19.7%	17.8%	17.8%	14.8%	14.1%	15.5%	13.7%

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

3 of 6 checks passed · July 4, 2026

What it owns · $761m

Short-term assets $486mLonger-term assets $275m

What it owes, and who funded it · $761m

Short-term liabilities $163mLonger-term liabilities $399mShareholders' equity $198m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $486m of assets due within a year against $163m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $486m short-term assets against $399m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $9m of cash against $310m of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 157% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 64% to 157% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $103m of operating cash flow against $310m of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Astronics 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

23 /100

Weak moat

How hard Astronics'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 0 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 1.8% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 5 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 21.7%, moving by 5.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 0 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 2.3%; its worst year was -18.0%.
Cash conversion 8 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 10 years, at a median 3.2% of revenue.
Discipline 10 / 20

The diluted share count rose 20.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.9% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

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 Astronics Corp'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 Astronics Corp.