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BIO KEY International Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, BIO KEY International Inc had return on equity of -161.2% and a net margin of -120.6%. 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.

BIO KEY International Inc: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin−8.7%−54.1%0.1%−130.0%−47.0%−35.3%−140.8%−67.8%−169.8%−643.4%−341.0%−99.0%−169.7%−109.9%−62.1%−120.6%−90.1%
Return on equity−53.9%————−19.6%−24.9%−29.0%−56.2%—−107.2%−28.2%−113.9%—−177.9%−161.2%−127.9%
Return on assets−5.8%−60.4%0.3%−134.5%−79.0%−16.5%−22.2%−25.4%−48.0%−197.4%−77.3%−25.1%−81.8%−107.5%−65.5%−84.6%−76.5%
R&D as % of revenue30.0%31.8%24.7%67.7%40.6%29.6%67.5%26.3%35.0%58.7%49.2%46.0%46.3%30.9%36.2%44.0%39.3%
SG&A as % of revenue88.2%86.5%59.7%139.8%91.6%78.3%149.2%90.1%131.9%222.1%206.2%117.9%133.4%101.4%103.0%105.8%91.1%

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 · $7m
Short-term assets $4mLonger-term assets $4m
What it owes, and who funded it · $7m
Short-term liabilities $3mLonger-term liabilities $0mShareholders' equity $4m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $4m of assets due within a year against $3m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $4m short-term assets against $135,014 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 −$6m against $53,411 of interest.

From BIO KEY International 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

9 /100

Weak moat

How hard BIO KEY International'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 -28.7% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 9 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 49.7%, moving by 23.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -91.0%; its worst year was -176.4%.

  • Cash conversion 0 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 0 of 10 years, at a median -65.3% of revenue.

  • Discipline 5 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 3751.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 6.2% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (24 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 BIO KEY International 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 BIO KEY International Inc.