Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. had return on equity of 59.9%, an operating margin of 37.1%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 5.25. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 100.0% | 100.0% | 97.6% | 95.8% | 91.9% | 88.0% | 88.5% | 90.6% |
| Operating margin | <−999% | <−999% | <−999% | <−999% | −208.1% | −396.3% | −83.2% | −52.2% | −2.0% | 37.1% | 48.6% |
| Net margin | <−999% | <−999% | <−999% | <−999% | −204.9% | −396.8% | −80.7% | −44.5% | 2.4% | 101.5% | 97.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | <−999% | <−999% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on equity | — | −39.8% | −33.8% | −40.7% | −29.1% | −40.8% | −24.5% | −19.9% | 1.5% | 59.9% | 50.7% |
| Return on assets | — | — | — | −27.3% | −26.1% | −35.9% | −21.3% | −15.3% | 1.0% | 44.1% | 39.8% |
| Asset turnover | — | — | — | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.26 | 0.34 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.41 |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 27.90 | 13.11 | 12.63 | 9.60 | 5.50 | 4.57 | 5.25 | 6.12 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | n/m | n/m | 24.2x | 40.4x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22.8% | — | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | — | — | >999% | >999% | 100.4% | 112.1% | 33.6% | 28.3% | 8.8% | 11.5% | 14.9% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | — | — | — | >999% | 194.1% | 380.4% | 146.5% | 111.1% | — | — | — |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 8.7% | 6.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 90.7% | 86.3% | 89.8% | 88.9% | 88.6% | 91.6% | 92.1% | 90.1% |
| Operating margin | −2.8% | 35.0% | 28.7% | 40.5% | 43.1% | 53.3% | 55.7% | 42.3% |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 37.4% | 30.7% | 42.9% | 273.4% | 44.2% | 45.0% | 37.9% |
| Current ratio | 4.57 | 5.93 | 5.23 | 5.76 | 5.25 | 5.55 | 5.42 | 6.12 |
| R&D as % of revenue | 13.5% | 9.2% | 10.6% | 11.5% | 14.1% | 9.6% | 15.7% | 19.8% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $588m of assets due within a year against $96m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $588m short-term assets against $72m 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 $156m against $4m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Aurinia Pharmaceuticals's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 7 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Net income has been a median -9.0% of total assets over 6 years.
- Pricing power 18 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 92.1%, moving by 4.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -56.7%; its worst year was -112033.3%.
- Cash conversion 5 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 3 of 6 years, at a median -11.9% of revenue.
- Discipline 5 / 20
The diluted share count rose 6.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 20.5% 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 (37 before it).
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