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CHS Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, CHS Inc had return on equity of 5.5% and a net margin of 1.7%. 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 year2010Aug 20102011Aug 20112012Aug 20122013Aug 20132014Aug 20142015Aug 20152016Aug 20162017Aug 20172018Aug 20182019Aug 20192020Aug 20202021Aug 20212022Aug 20222023Aug 20232024Aug 20242025Aug 2025LTMMay 2026
Net margin2.0%2.6%3.1%2.2%2.5%2.3%1.3%0.2%2.4%2.6%1.5%1.4%3.5%4.2%2.8%1.7%1.5%
Return on equity13.9%23.9%28.3%20.7%18.7%11.1%4.9%0.9%9.8%9.9%4.8%6.2%18.2%19.1%10.4%5.5%5.2%
Return on assets—7.9%9.7%7.3%7.5%5.1%2.4%0.4%4.8%5.1%2.6%3.3%9.2%10.1%5.9%3.2%2.9%
Effective tax rate8.3%7.5%5.7%8.3%4.3%−1.6%4.7%—−15.5%−1.5%−9.5%−7.4%7.3%5.4%−0.4%2.7%−1.1%
SG&A as % of revenue1.5%1.2%1.2%1.2%1.4%1.9%2.0%1.9%2.0%2.3%2.5%1.9%2.1%2.3%3.0%2.9%3.0%

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

4 of 6 checks passed · May 31, 2026
What it owns · $20.8bn
Short-term assets $9.9bnLonger-term assets $10.8bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $18.0bn
Short-term liabilities $6.8bnShareholders' equity $11.2bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $9.9bn of assets due within a year against $6.8bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $498m of cash against $2.0bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 18% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 17% to 18% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $1.5bn of operating cash flow against $2.0bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $42m against $180m of interest.

From CHS 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

22 /100

Weak moat

How hard CHS'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 1.9% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 8 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 3.4%, moving by 1.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 0 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 0.9%; its worst year was -0.3%.

  • Cash conversion 9 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 2.4% 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 CHS Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to CHS Inc.