CKX Lands, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, CKX Lands, Inc. had return on equity of 15.0%, an operating margin of 434.2%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 24.73. 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.

CKX Lands, Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Operating margin	63.4%	66.0%	76.9%	64.7%	72.9%	61.3%	21.7%	47.3%	114.5%	23.6%	56.4%	142.8%	−166.7%	8.2%	7.7%	434.2%	478.4%
Net margin	54.9%	48.0%	68.5%	45.9%	49.1%	43.6%	19.8%	45.7%	93.3%	30.8%	50.5%	110.0%	−119.2%	9.6%	16.4%	359.0%	419.8%
Free-cash-flow margin	45.7%	50.3%	59.7%	51.2%	38.7%	16.6%	30.9%	21.8%	15.6%	24.0%	20.9%	−35.4%	37.4%	59.0%	13.5%	54.8%	−14.2%
Return on equity	8.9%	9.1%	19.4%	7.7%	9.8%	3.4%	1.2%	3.7%	7.6%	1.6%	2.2%	5.1%	−7.7%	0.8%	1.4%	15.0%	13.5%
Return on assets	8.7%	8.9%	19.0%	7.6%	9.6%	3.3%	1.2%	3.6%	7.4%	1.6%	2.1%	4.9%	−7.6%	0.8%	1.3%	14.6%	13.2%
Asset turnover	0.16	0.18	0.28	0.16	0.19	0.08	0.06	0.08	0.08	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.08	0.08	0.04	0.03
Current ratio	96.40	32.52	168.88	94.60	115.98	113.98	34.25	20.31	25.97	29.11	20.67	30.62	31.10	18.95	36.26	24.73	124.62
Debt to equity	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Effective tax rate	29.2%	30.9%	31.9%	30.0%	33.3%	31.3%	23.2%	10.8%	23.9%	17.0%	22.6%	24.4%	—	49.3%	25.9%	24.3%	22.6%
Capital spending as % of revenue	0.6%	0.5%	1.2%	4.6%	16.3%	25.0%	1.6%	13.6%	4.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	83.4%	104.9%	87.1%	111.5%	78.9%	38.0%	156.3%	47.6%	16.7%	77.9%	41.3%	−32.2%	—	613.4%	81.8%	15.3%	−3.4%
Dividends ÷ net income	59.3%	57.1%	24.3%	56.1%	42.3%	42.0%	—	37.2%	20.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	—	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	71.1%	54.5%	27.9%	50.3%	53.6%	110.4%	—	78.0%	125.2%	0.0%	0.0%	—	42.7%	9.9%	102.0%	32.1%	—

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

CKX Lands, Inc.: financial ratios, quarterly
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
Operating margin	−9.9%	−41.9%	32.2%	117.5%	48.7%	>999%	−43.9%	13.7%
Net margin	31.6%	17.8%	33.2%	118.5%	71.5%	>999%	32.4%	72.6%
Free-cash-flow margin	−143.9%	53.9%	34.1%	−18.1%	104.1%	101.3%	−30.7%	−244.7%
Current ratio	54.33	36.26	37.53	56.90	52.45	24.73	25.65	124.62

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

2 of 2 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $22m

Short-term assets $18mLonger-term assets $4m

What it owes, and who funded it · $22m

Short-term liabilities $0mLonger-term liabilities $0mShareholders' equity $22m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $18m of assets due within a year against $141,583 of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $18m short-term assets against $109,954 of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
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 Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From CKX Lands, 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

36 /100

Weak moat

How hard CKX Lands'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 1 / 20

Net income has been a median 2.3% of total assets over 10 years.
Durability 10 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 30.8%; its worst year was -154.5%.
Cash conversion 14 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 10 years, at a median 15.4% of revenue.
Discipline 5 / 20

The diluted share count rose 5.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 35.7% 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 CKX Lands, Inc.'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 CKX Lands, Inc.