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
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 25.2% | 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 equity | 18.8% | 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 rate | 31.3% | 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% |
Financial health
- 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.
Moat
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).
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