Avnet Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2026, Avnet Inc had return on equity of 6.7%, an operating margin of 2.6%, debt equal to 64.4% of equity and a current ratio of 1.78. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Jul 2010 | 2011Jul 2011 | 2012Jun 2012 | 2013Jun 2013 | 2014Jun 2014 | 2015Jun 2015 | 2016Jul 2016 | 2017Jul 2017 | 2018Jun 2018 | 2019Jun 2019 | 2020Jun 2020 | 2021Jul 2021 | 2022Jul 2022 | 2023Jul 2023 | 2024Jun 2024 | 2025Jun 2025 | 2026Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 11.9% | 11.7% | 11.9% | 11.7% | 11.7% | 12.5% | 12.4% | 13.6% | 13.3% | 12.7% | 11.7% | 11.5% | 12.2% | 12.0% | 11.6% | 10.7% | 10.4% |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 3.5% | 3.4% | 2.5% | 2.9% | 3.7% | 3.4% | 2.5% | 1.1% | 1.9% | −0.0% | 1.4% | 3.9% | 4.5% | 3.6% | 2.3% | 2.6% |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.0% | −0.8% | 0.9% | −0.2% | 1.0% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −0.5% | 0.5% | 1.6% | 2.4% | 0.4% | 2.6% | 0.5% | −2.8% | 0.5% | 2.1% | 3.7% | 0.2% | −1.1% | −3.4% | 2.0% | 2.6% | −1.3% |
| Return on equity | 13.6% | 18.9% | 14.2% | 11.0% | 11.9% | 11.9% | 10.8% | 10.6% | −3.2% | 4.0% | −0.8% | 4.9% | 16.7% | 17.2% | 10.3% | 4.8% | 6.7% |
| Return on assets | 5.3% | 7.6% | 5.6% | 4.4% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 4.6% | 5.0% | −1.6% | 1.9% | −0.4% | 2.3% | 7.2% | 6.7% | 4.0% | 2.0% | 2.4% |
| Asset turnover | 2.46 | 3.00 | 2.56 | 2.47 | 2.53 | 1.60 | 1.52 | 1.67 | 1.97 | 2.15 | 2.12 | 2.29 | 2.52 | 2.32 | 1.92 | 1.83 | 2.01 |
| Current ratio | 1.93 | 1.84 | 1.72 | 1.73 | 1.80 | 2.01 | 1.82 | 3.07 | 2.56 | 2.67 | 2.78 | 2.34 | 2.09 | 2.53 | 2.32 | 2.43 | 1.78 |
| Debt to equity | 42.5% | 37.4% | 54.9% | 67.2% | 60.2% | 42.3% | 53.4% | 34.6% | 35.6% | 41.8% | 38.4% | 30.0% | 38.7% | 64.7% | 59.1% | 53.3% | 64.4% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 10.3x | 10.1x | 9.7x | 5.8x | 7.5x | 7.5x | 6.2x | 4.5x | 2.3x | 2.7x | n/m | 3.1x | 9.4x | 4.7x | 3.0x | 2.1x | 2.9x |
| Effective tax rate | 29.9% | 23.2% | 28.3% | 18.1% | 22.2% | 15.1% | 18.2% | 15.2% | — | 25.5% | — | −11.7% | 16.9% | 21.6% | 21.1% | 4.1% | 28.5% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 8.5% | 7.9% | 8.1% | 8.7% | 8.5% | 8.6% | 8.7% | 10.3% | 10.5% | 9.6% | 10.4% | 9.6% | 8.2% | 7.4% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 7.3% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | −23.7% | 19.3% | 70.6% | 133.0% | 20.9% | 78.8% | 17.2% | −93.1% | — | 233.7% | — | 21.0% | −38.7% | −117.8% | 92.9% | 240.2% | −106.0% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 15.2% | 15.3% | 17.5% | 16.9% | — | 49.4% | — | 43.7% | 14.2% | 13.8% | 22.5% | 47.2% | 34.2% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | 0.0% | 79.6% | 34.6% | 80.0% | 54.9% | 540.1% | — | 421.8% | 159.2% | 49.0% | 207.7% | — | — | 59.3% | 72.2% | — |
| Quarter | 2025 Q1Sept 2024 | 2025 Q2Dec 2024 | 2025 Q3Mar 2025 | 2025 Q4Jun 2025 | 2026 Q1Sept 2025 | 2026 Q2Dec 2025 | 2026 Q3Mar 2026 | 2026 Q4Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 10.8% | 10.5% | 11.1% | 10.6% | 10.4% | 10.5% | 10.4% | 10.4% |
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.9% | 2.8% |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.3% | 5.4% | 2.1% | 1.4% | −2.9% | 3.1% | −1.0% | −3.7% |
| Current ratio | 2.25 | 2.39 | 2.44 | 2.43 | 2.36 | 2.07 | 2.01 | 1.78 |
| Debt to equity | 58.7% | 53.1% | 54.0% | 53.1% | 61.6% | 59.5% | 59.4% | 64.0% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 7.8% | 7.7% | 8.2% | 8.0% | 7.9% | 7.8% | 7.3% | 6.6% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $13.3bn of assets due within a year against $7.5bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $13.3bn short-term assets against $2.9bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $155m of cash against $3.2bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 64% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 27% to 64% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt −$281m of operating cash flow against $3.2bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $725m against $251m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Avnet'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 2 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 3.1% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 8 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 11.8%, moving by 1.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 2.4%; its worst year was -0.0%.
- Cash conversion 6 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 10 years, at a median 0.4% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 16.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.2% 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 (36 before it).
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