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Carpenter Technology Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Carpenter Technology Corp had return on equity of 25.8%, an operating margin of 22.5%, debt equal to 31.0% of equity and a current ratio of 3.81. 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.

Fiscal year2010Jun 20102011Jun 20112012Jun 20122013Jun 20132014Jun 20142015Jun 20152016Jun 20162017Jun 20172018Jun 20182019Jun 20192020Jun 20202021Jun 20212022Jun 20222023Jun 20232024Jun 20242025Jun 20252026Jun 2026LTMSept 2026
Gross margin12.1%14.9%19.3%19.1%18.4%14.3%14.1%16.7%17.7%18.7%15.1%0.1%8.2%13.2%21.2%26.7%30.6%31.2%
Operating margin1.0%5.8%10.4%10.2%9.8%5.0%2.8%6.8%8.8%10.1%1.2%−16.8%−1.4%5.2%11.7%18.1%22.5%23.4%
Net margin0.2%4.2%6.0%6.4%6.1%2.6%0.6%2.6%8.7%7.0%0.1%−15.6%−2.7%2.2%6.8%13.1%17.0%17.9%
Free-cash-flow margin5.9%−0.9%−0.6%−5.4%−5.0%5.0%8.9%1.8%3.4%2.2%2.8%10.1%−4.6%−2.7%6.5%9.9%11.6%10.7%
Return on equity0.4%10.6%13.0%12.1%9.5%4.1%0.9%4.1%14.0%11.1%0.1%−16.2%−3.6%4.1%12.3%21.4%25.8%25.8%
Return on assets0.1%4.0%5.2%5.3%4.5%2.0%0.4%1.7%6.4%5.4%0.0%−7.4%−1.7%1.9%5.9%11.1%14.5%15.0%
Asset turnover0.760.940.880.820.730.750.640.630.730.770.680.480.620.850.870.850.850.84
Current ratio3.762.932.253.042.773.323.382.763.242.972.803.652.982.793.413.653.813.94
Debt to equity45.3%66.3%36.9%46.4%40.2%45.5%55.3%50.5%36.7%37.5%49.9%49.9%52.0%49.6%42.6%36.9%31.0%31.7%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)0.7x5.6x8.8x11.1x12.5x4.0x1.8x4.1x6.7x9.3x1.3xn/mn/m2.5x6.3x10.8x18.6x22.2x
Effective tax rate55.3%18.3%35.5%32.4%32.4%34.1%47.4%33.0%−17.7%22.7%75.4%——22.2%11.9%19.5%19.3%19.0%
R&D as % of revenue1.5%1.1%1.0%0.9%0.9%0.8%0.9%0.9%0.9%1.0%1.3%1.3%1.1%1.0%0.9%0.9%0.9%—
SG&A as % of revenue11.1%8.9%8.3%8.8%8.6%8.0%9.6%9.8%8.9%8.5%9.2%12.2%9.5%8.0%8.3%8.5%8.1%7.8%
Capital spending as % of revenue3.7%4.8%7.8%13.7%16.1%7.7%5.2%5.5%6.3%7.6%7.9%6.8%5.0%3.2%3.5%5.4%7.8%8.7%
Free cash flow ÷ net income>999%−21.7%−9.6%−83.3%−82.5%191.0%>999%67.7%39.4%31.2%>999%——−119.9%95.6%76.1%68.4%59.8%
Dividends ÷ net income>999%45.2%27.8%26.2%29.0%64.6%308.0%72.6%18.2%23.1%>999%——69.9%21.4%10.7%7.6%7.0%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow44.9%————144.9%97.8%107.2%46.4%74.1%64.2%26.2%——22.4%49.7%60.6%89.2%

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

6 of 7 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $3.7bn
Short-term assets $1.8bnLonger-term assets $1.9bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $3.7bn
Short-term liabilities $468mLonger-term liabilities $1.1bnShareholders' equity $2.2bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.8bn of assets due within a year against $468m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.8bn short-term assets against $1.1bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $160m of cash against $691m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 32% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 51% to 32% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $619m of operating cash flow against $691m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $745m against $34m of interest.

From Carpenter Technology Corp'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

33 /100

Weak moat

How hard Carpenter Technology'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 5 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 5.1% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 1 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 17.2%, moving by 8.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 1 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 7.9%; its worst year was -14.5%.

  • Cash conversion 10 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 2.8% of revenue.

  • Discipline 15 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 3.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.7% 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 Carpenter Technology Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 23, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Carpenter Technology Corp.