Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. had return on equity of 2.2%, an operating margin of 10.6%, debt equal to 160.5% of equity and a current ratio of 2.17. 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.

Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2018Oct 2018	2020Oct 2020	2021Oct 2021	2022Oct 2022	2023Oct 2023	2024Oct 2024	2025Oct 2025	LTMJul 2026
Gross margin	43.7%	45.1%	43.6%	40.8%	40.3%	38.9%	38.5%	38.3%
Operating margin	16.4%	−10.4%	12.0%	12.5%	13.9%	11.6%	10.6%	11.5%
Net margin	11.7%	−20.1%	−4.8%	7.1%	7.2%	3.8%	1.6%	2.4%
Free-cash-flow margin	3.2%	13.0%	4.1%	−6.3%	9.6%	10.1%	4.5%	3.7%
Return on equity	61.7%	−39.1%	−5.7%	10.6%	10.8%	5.1%	2.2%	3.9%
Return on assets	7.7%	−10.7%	−1.9%	3.4%	3.5%	1.8%	0.7%	1.2%
Asset turnover	0.66	0.53	0.40	0.48	0.49	0.47	0.44	0.47
Current ratio	0.59	0.96	1.40	0.74	1.12	1.99	2.17	1.71
Debt to equity	513.8%	144.4%	162.7%	152.9%	127.8%	116.6%	160.5%	158.7%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	1.9x	n/m	1.5x	1.9x	2.2x	1.9x	1.3x	1.4x
Effective tax rate	—	—	—	16.2%	21.6%	33.3%	36.6%	35.0%
Capital spending as % of revenue	13.0%	12.9%	19.9%	25.4%	12.3%	10.3%	11.9%	12.4%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	27.8%	—	—	−88.0%	133.3%	265.9%	275.0%	150.5%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	833.7%	—
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	—	0.3%	2.5%	—	24.8%	23.6%	384.0%	58.6%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc.: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q4Oct 2024	2025 Q1Jan 2025	2025 Q2Apr 2025	2025 Q3Jul 2025	2025 Q4Oct 2025	2026 Q1Jan 2026	2026 Q2Apr 2026	2026 Q3Jul 2026
Gross margin	41.5%	36.1%	38.5%	39.0%	39.8%	35.3%	38.6%	38.7%
Operating margin	17.2%	4.0%	8.8%	12.5%	15.5%	5.0%	11.3%	12.9%
Net margin	8.5%	−3.1%	−0.0%	3.6%	4.9%	−2.7%	2.4%	4.2%
Free-cash-flow margin	14.4%	0.2%	11.8%	4.2%	1.8%	13.1%	−1.8%	3.2%
Current ratio	1.99	1.51	1.79	1.75	2.17	1.96	1.73	1.71
Debt to equity	116.0%	160.0%	159.4%	159.8%	157.8%	159.2%	159.3%	156.3%

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

1 of 7 checks passed · July 31, 2026

What it owns · $908m

Short-term assets $128mLonger-term assets $780m

What it owes, and who funded it · $883m

Short-term liabilities $75mLonger-term liabilities $540mShareholders' equity $268m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $128m of assets due within a year against $75m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $128m short-term assets against $540m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $43m of cash against $419m of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 156% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 140% to 156% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $68m of operating cash flow against $419m of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $49m against $35m of interest.

From Concrete Pumping Holdings, 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

39 /100

Weak moat

How hard Concrete Pumping Holdings'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 1.2% of total assets over 7 years.
Pricing power 14 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 40.7%, moving by 2.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 7 years.
Durability 3 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 11.4%; its worst year was -8.3%.
Cash conversion 13 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 7 years, at a median 8.0% of revenue.
Discipline 10 / 20

The diluted share count rose 538.8% 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 Concrete Pumping Holdings, 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 Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc.