Bumble Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Bumble Inc. had return on equity of -99.4%, an operating margin of -83.4%, debt equal to 103.6% of equity and a current ratio of 2.21. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 71.4% | 73.4% | 99.9% | 72.4% | 98.1% | 99.8% | 70.8% | 72.8% |
| Operating margin | 19.1% | −14.3% | −17.7% | −11.4% | 5.1% | −65.4% | −83.4% | −62.6% |
| Net margin | 13.5% | −20.4% | 40.7% | −8.8% | −0.4% | −52.0% | −71.8% | −58.0% |
| Return on equity | — | −10.4% | 16.8% | −4.9% | −0.3% | −45.3% | −99.4% | −95.3% |
| Return on assets | — | −3.0% | 8.4% | −2.1% | −0.1% | −18.1% | −35.1% | −39.1% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 0.49 | 0.68 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.04 | 2.67 | 2.37 | 2.01 | 2.47 | 2.21 | 1.62 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 39.6% | 39.7% | 38.9% | 38.4% | 75.4% | 103.6% | 92.0% |
| Effective tax rate | 6.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 35.3% | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 100.0% | 100.0% | 70.3% | 70.1% | 71.9% | 71.2% | 74.2% | 74.4% |
| Operating margin | −306.3% | 14.1% | 18.1% | −136.3% | 25.9% | −256.8% | 30.7% | −53.2% |
| Net margin | −224.1% | 1.6% | 5.4% | −102.2% | 15.2% | −218.7% | 21.3% | −52.3% |
| Current ratio | 2.09 | 2.47 | 2.83 | 3.30 | 3.55 | 2.21 | 1.22 | 1.62 |
| Debt to equity | 72.5% | 74.8% | 75.6% | 106.5% | 87.3% | 103.2% | 95.2% | 87.4% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $277m of assets due within a year against $171m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $277m short-term assets against $433m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $154m of cash against $451m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 87% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 39% to 87% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $267m of operating cash flow against $451m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Bumble's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 20 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 17.1% of total assets over 5 years.
- Pricing power 12 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 79.4%, moving by 11.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -15.6%; its worst year was -106.2%.
- Cash conversion 13 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 6 years, at a median 8.7% 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 (68 before it).
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