Vita Coco Company, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Vita Coco Company, Inc. had return on equity of 24.2%, an operating margin of 13.5%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 3.62. 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 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 32.7% | 33.8% | 29.8% | 24.2% | 36.6% | 38.5% | 36.5% | 41.0% |
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 15.1% | 6.5% | 0.7% | 11.4% | 14.3% | 13.5% | 19.9% |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 10.5% | 5.0% | 1.8% | 9.4% | 10.8% | 11.7% | 15.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.3% | 10.6% | −4.4% | −2.8% | 21.6% | 8.1% | 6.4% | 18.8% |
| Return on equity | 12.8% | 37.1% | 16.9% | 5.9% | 27.1% | 24.3% | 24.2% | 31.7% |
| Return on assets | — | 17.8% | 10.0% | 4.0% | 19.3% | 17.3% | 17.3% | 20.8% |
| Asset turnover | — | 1.69 | 1.99 | 2.16 | 2.04 | 1.59 | 1.48 | 1.33 |
| Current ratio | — | 2.86 | 2.34 | 3.22 | 3.18 | 3.31 | 3.62 | 2.48 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 24.5% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 11.5x | 59.2x | 68.3x | 11.8x | — | — | — | — |
| Effective tax rate | 17.4% | 25.0% | 21.6% | 27.9% | 19.5% | 21.0% | 23.3% | 22.4% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 27.8% | 24.0% | 23.3% | 23.4% | 25.2% | 24.2% | 23.0% | 21.1% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 0.5% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 220.4% | 100.8% | −87.9% | −152.5% | 228.5% | 74.9% | 54.7% | 119.5% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 0.2% | 21.1% | — | — | 0.7% | 28.7% | 28.9% | 44.1% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 32.5% | 36.7% | 36.3% | 37.7% | 34.9% | 39.9% | 48.7% | 38.0% |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 14.7% | 14.9% | 15.3% | 8.0% | 18.7% | 29.2% | 18.6% |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 14.4% | 13.6% | 13.2% | 4.3% | 17.0% | 22.9% | 14.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.3% | −7.9% | 12.4% | 19.6% | −5.6% | 8.4% | 37.4% | 22.6% |
| Current ratio | 3.31 | 3.76 | 3.51 | 3.43 | 3.62 | 3.65 | 3.36 | 2.48 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 29.1% | 22.0% | 21.4% | 22.3% | 26.9% | 21.3% | 19.5% | 19.4% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $434m of assets due within a year against $175m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $434m short-term assets against $92m 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.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Vita Coco'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 20.2% of total assets over 5 years.
- Pricing power 9 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 35.0%, moving by 5.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.
- Durability 4 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 13.1%; its worst year was 0.7%.
- Cash conversion 13 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 4 of 6 years, at a median 11.6% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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