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Dutch Bros Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Dutch Bros Inc. had return on equity of 13.1%, an operating margin of 9.8%, debt equal to 30.3% of equity and a current ratio of 1.49. 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 year2019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin40.3%35.4%30.8%24.5%26.0%26.6%25.9%25.1%
Operating margin12.7%3.4%−22.3%−0.4%4.8%8.3%9.8%9.6%
Net margin0.0%0.0%−2.5%−0.6%0.2%2.8%4.9%4.9%
Free-cash-flow margin7.2%4.0%−7.6%−17.3%−9.2%1.9%3.3%5.0%
Return on equity—0.0%−14.9%−4.3%0.7%7.8%13.1%12.5%
Return on assets—0.0%−3.1%−0.5%0.1%1.7%2.9%2.9%
Asset turnover—1.261.220.850.650.600.590.59
Current ratio—1.050.440.391.491.761.491.35
Debt to equity—56.8%71.7%165.4%28.4%47.5%30.3%25.6%
Effective tax rate————41.2%21.7%13.5%—
SG&A as % of revenue27.6%32.0%53.1%24.8%21.2%18.3%16.0%15.5%
Capital spending as % of revenue16.6%12.4%23.8%25.4%23.7%17.3%14.7%14.4%
Free cash flow ÷ net income————<−999%70.0%68.1%102.9%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow0.0%0.0%——————

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

5 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $3.4bn
Short-term assets $352mLonger-term assets $3.0bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $3.2bn
Short-term liabilities $261mLonger-term liabilities $2.1bnShareholders' equity $798m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $352m of assets due within a year against $261m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $352m short-term assets against $2.1bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $269m of cash against $198m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 25% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 4% to 25% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $366m of operating cash flow against $198m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over No material interest expense reported.

From Dutch Bros 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

19 /100

Weak moat

How hard Dutch Bros'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 3 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 3.7% of total assets over 5 years.

  • Pricing power 9 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 26.3%, moving by 3.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.

  • Durability 0 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 5.5%; its worst year was -21.9%.

  • Cash conversion 4 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 2 of 5 years, at a median -4.8% 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 Dutch Bros Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Dutch Bros Inc.