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Corpay key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Corpay had return on equity of 30.5% and a net margin of 23.6%. 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.

Corpay: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin25.2%24.9%28.4%30.6%31.8%30.7%21.3%24.7%32.9%33.3%33.8%29.5%29.6%27.8%26.1%25.3%23.6%22.7%
Return on equity18.8%19.6%20.5%25.1%26.6%19.2%13.3%15.3%21.9%23.1%25.4%19.9%27.0%35.3%33.7%31.3%30.5%30.7%
Return on assets—7.3%7.7%8.5%8.6%5.9%4.4%5.2%7.1%7.2%7.6%6.0%6.8%6.9%6.6%6.0%4.8%4.2%
Effective tax rate31.3%28.7%30.1%30.4%29.5%28.1%32.4%29.6%17.2%25.9%17.0%20.2%24.3%25.2%25.9%27.5%30.5%31.2%

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

1 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $28.2bn
Short-term assets $16.5bnLonger-term assets $11.7bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $20.5bn
Short-term liabilities $17.0bnShareholders' equity $3.5bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $16.5bn of assets due within a year against $17.0bn 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 $3.2bn of cash against $15.1bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 428% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 209% to 428% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $1.8bn of operating cash flow against $15.1bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $2.2bn against $438m of interest.

From Corpay'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

80 /100

Strong moat

How hard Corpay'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 9 / 20

    Net income has been a median 6.2% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 20 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 43.2%; its worst year was 39.7%.

  • Cash conversion 20 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 40.7% of revenue.

  • Discipline 19 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 19.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 2.7% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (84 before it).

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 Corpay'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 Corpay.