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Bridgford Foods Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Bridgford Foods Corp had return on equity of -11.0% and a net margin of -5.8%. 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.

Fiscal year2010Oct 20102011Oct 20112012Nov 20122013Nov 20132014Oct 20142015Oct 20152016Oct 20162017Nov 20172018Nov 20182019Nov 20192020Oct 20202021Oct 20212022Oct 20222023Nov 20232024Nov 20242025Oct 2025LTMJul 2026
Net margin3.7%−0.4%2.9%2.3%−3.3%11.8%5.5%5.3%3.7%3.4%3.7%−2.3%16.9%1.4%−1.5%−5.8%−6.4%
Return on equity11.9%−1.5%16.2%10.9%−14.8%50.7%20.8%18.6%10.7%9.8%10.6%−7.5%44.8%2.7%−2.6%−11.0%−13.0%
Return on assets7.1%−0.8%6.2%4.6%−7.1%23.1%9.6%9.6%6.5%5.8%5.3%−3.5%27.1%2.0%−2.1%−8.8%−10.1%
Effective tax rate——9.1%5.5%——28.3%31.2%49.1%24.0%−42.7%—26.6%22.7%———
SG&A as % of revenue35.3%32.7%31.6%32.8%32.3%29.7%31.7%29.2%28.7%28.0%27.9%25.0%24.5%26.1%27.9%27.5%27.7%
Dividends ÷ net income21.6%——15.7%—————————————

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

4 of 6 checks passed · July 10, 2026
What it owns · $141m
Short-term assets $60mLonger-term assets $81m
What it owes, and who funded it · $141m
Short-term liabilities $25mLonger-term liabilities $8mShareholders' equity $108m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $60m of assets due within a year against $25m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $60m short-term assets against $8m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $333,000 of cash against $9m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 8% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 53% to 8% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt −$4m of operating cash flow against $9m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Bridgford Foods Corp'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

29 /100

Weak moat

How hard Bridgford Foods'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 0.0% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 7 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 26.8%, moving by 5.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -1.2%; its worst year was -8.8%.

  • Cash conversion 1 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 1 of 10 years, at a median -4.7% of revenue.

  • Discipline 12 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 0.0% over five years.

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 Bridgford Foods Corp'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 Bridgford Foods Corp.