Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc. had an operating margin of 43.0%, debt equal to 4082.2% of equity and a current ratio of 1.79. 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 | 84.5% | 83.9% | 83.6% | 82.9% | 81.2% | 80.1% | 79.8% | 80.2% |
| Operating margin | 58.9% | 59.4% | 49.7% | 41.9% | 40.6% | 42.6% | 43.0% | 41.8% |
| Net margin | 66.0% | 46.2% | 30.9% | 20.1% | 21.3% | 25.5% | 24.2% | 26.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 63.2% | 62.3% | 56.9% | 14.7% | 21.4% | 25.2% | 30.3% | 32.6% |
| Return on equity | 45.7% | 19.3% | 27.6% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on assets | — | 10.3% | 10.6% | 12.2% | 12.1% | 14.3% | 13.4% | 13.9% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.22 | 0.34 | 0.61 | 0.57 | 0.56 | 0.55 | 0.52 |
| Current ratio | — | 0.97 | 1.23 | 1.91 | 1.75 | 0.94 | 1.79 | 1.90 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | >999% | >999% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 4.4x | 2.6x | 12.3x | 3.0x | 3.2x | 4.4x | 4.2x | 4.4x |
| Effective tax rate | −22.7% | 19.7% | 24.8% | 26.5% | 25.1% | 26.8% | 25.9% | 24.5% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 3.0% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.3% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 7.1% | 9.8% | 9.4% | 8.3% | 10.1% | 9.5% | 8.6% | 8.5% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 95.7% | 134.9% | 184.1% | 73.0% | 100.5% | 98.7% | 125.2% | 122.2% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 14.3% | 30.5% | 1.1% | 21.9% | 32.4% |
| 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 | 79.9% | 79.5% | 79.3% | 79.9% | 80.0% | 80.0% | 80.9% | 80.0% |
| Operating margin | 43.8% | 38.4% | 43.0% | 44.5% | 43.2% | 41.1% | 42.7% | 40.3% |
| Net margin | 24.1% | 20.8% | 24.3% | 23.7% | 25.2% | 23.5% | 27.9% | 30.0% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 38.3% | 3.6% | 38.7% | 23.2% | 50.6% | 8.4% | 43.5% | 27.9% |
| Current ratio | 1.05 | 0.94 | 1.25 | 1.49 | 1.84 | 1.79 | 1.80 | 1.90 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | — | — | — | >999% | >999% | >999% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.6% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $134m of assets due within a year against $71m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $134m short-term assets against $585m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $99m of cash against $555m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 1336% 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 $146m of operating cash flow against $555m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $148m against $34m of interest.
Moat
Strong moat
How hard Consensus Cloud Solutions'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 23.6% of total assets over 5 years.
- Pricing power 20 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 80.9%, moving by 1.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 5 years.
- Durability 20 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 42.3%; its worst year was 39.7%.
- Cash conversion 20 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 5 years, at a median 27.1% 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 (100 before it).
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