BRC Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, BRC Inc. had return on equity of -40.5%, an operating margin of -6.2%, debt equal to 85.6% of equity and a current ratio of 1.32. 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 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 43.5% | 42.3% | 38.5% | 32.9% | 31.7% | 41.2% | 34.6% | 34.1% |
| Operating margin | −0.1% | 3.5% | −5.0% | −22.5% | −12.7% | 1.0% | −6.2% | −2.8% |
| Net margin | −0.9% | 2.6% | −5.9% | −27.5% | −4.2% | −0.8% | −3.0% | −1.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.8% | 1.1% | −11.6% | −48.7% | −13.2% | 0.7% | −3.4% | −0.1% |
| Return on equity | — | — | — | — | −85.7% | −22.3% | −40.5% | −14.6% |
| Return on assets | — | 6.0% | −17.3% | −53.1% | −7.3% | −1.3% | −5.5% | −3.4% |
| Asset turnover | — | 2.26 | 2.92 | 1.93 | 1.72 | 1.69 | 1.82 | 2.25 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.70 | 0.90 | 2.34 | 1.28 | 1.27 | 1.32 | 1.59 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | — | 192.1% | 576.0% | 533.6% | 85.6% | 75.9% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | 5.5x | n/m | n/m | n/m | 0.3x | n/m | n/m |
| Effective tax rate | — | 4.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.3% | 6.0% | 8.3% | 10.1% | 6.9% | 2.2% | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | 41.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | 0.0% | — | — |
| 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 | 38.1% | 36.1% | 33.9% | 36.9% | 32.1% | 33.0% | 34.1% | 37.1% |
| Operating margin | −2.1% | −6.0% | −13.3% | 0.5% | −6.3% | 1.2% | 1.0% | −6.9% |
| Net margin | −2.3% | −3.2% | −5.6% | −0.5% | −2.8% | −0.0% | −0.1% | −3.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.5% | −5.9% | −4.5% | 5.5% | −8.3% | 5.6% | 5.1% | −2.5% |
| Current ratio | 1.27 | 1.30 | 1.29 | 1.33 | 1.32 | 1.36 | 1.42 | 1.59 |
| Debt to equity | 494.0% | 615.5% | 719.4% | 72.9% | 76.0% | 73.9% | 65.4% | 68.2% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $118m of assets due within a year against $74m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $118m short-term assets against $38m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $9m of cash against $31m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 68% of equity.
- 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 $2m of operating cash flow against $31m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$12m against $5m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard BRC's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 5 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 -3.7% of total assets over 5 years.
- Pricing power 12 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 34.1%, moving by 1.7 percentage points (standard deviation) across 5 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -5.0%; its worst year was -18.7%.
- Cash conversion 2 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 1 of 5 years, at 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.
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