Cooper-standard Holdings Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Cooper-standard Holdings Inc. had a net margin of -0.2%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 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 | — | — | — | — | 4.0% | 3.8% | 2.9% | 2.2% | −11.3% | −13.9% | −8.5% | −7.2% | −2.9% | −0.2% | −2.0% |
| Return on equity | 16.4% | 7.7% | 7.3% | 19.4% | 21.4% | 18.1% | 12.5% | 8.0% | −36.6% | −69.3% | −99.6% | — | — | — | — |
| Return on assets | 5.1% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 5.1% | 5.8% | 5.3% | 3.9% | 2.6% | −10.2% | −13.3% | −10.3% | −10.5% | −4.4% | −0.2% | −3.0% |
| Effective tax rate | −46.9% | 50.2% | 48.5% | 26.9% | 27.9% | 33.6% | −42.2% | 36.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | — | — | — | — | 3.4% | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.7% | 4.3% | 3.9% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 2.9% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | — | — | — | — | 10.3% | 9.4% | 8.7% | 9.7% | 11.1% | 9.7% | 7.9% | 7.7% | 7.6% | 7.8% | 7.8% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $931m of assets due within a year against $687m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $931m short-term assets against $1.3bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $127m of cash against $1.1bn of debt.
- 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 $56m of operating cash flow against $1.1bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Cooper-standard'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 2 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 3.0% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 6 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 11.5%, moving by 4.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 2.3%; its worst year was -13.0%.
- Cash conversion 4 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 4 of 10 years, at a median -0.8% of revenue.
- Discipline 15 / 20
The diluted share count rose 5.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.3% 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 (26 before it).
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