Cirrus Logic, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2026, Cirrus Logic, Inc. had return on equity of 20.3%, an operating margin of 23.0%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 7.37. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Mar 2010 | 2011Mar 2011 | 2012Mar 2012 | 2013Mar 2013 | 2014Mar 2014 | 2015Mar 2015 | 2016Mar 2016 | 2017Mar 2017 | 2018Mar 2018 | 2019Mar 2019 | 2020Mar 2020 | 2021Mar 2021 | 2022Mar 2022 | 2023Mar 2023 | 2024Mar 2024 | 2025Mar 2025 | 2026Mar 2026 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 53.7% | 54.7% | 54.0% | 48.8% | 49.9% | 46.5% | 47.5% | 49.2% | 49.6% | 50.4% | 52.6% | 51.7% | 51.8% | 50.4% | 51.2% | 52.5% | 52.8% | 52.8% |
| Operating margin | 11.5% | 22.5% | 18.6% | 24.8% | 21.7% | 11.9% | 15.4% | 20.6% | 17.1% | 8.5% | 13.5% | 17.3% | 20.6% | 13.1% | 19.2% | 21.6% | 23.0% | 23.0% |
| Net margin | 17.4% | 55.1% | 20.6% | 16.9% | 15.1% | 6.0% | 10.6% | 17.0% | 10.6% | 7.6% | 12.4% | 15.9% | 18.3% | 9.3% | 15.3% | 17.5% | 20.7% | 21.0% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.7% | 18.1% | 11.1% | 13.3% | 29.8% | 14.3% | 9.2% | 21.3% | 17.2% | 14.8% | 21.9% | 24.2% | 5.5% | 16.0% | 21.5% | 22.2% | 31.9% | 27.9% |
| Return on equity | 17.6% | 62.0% | 19.5% | 26.9% | 18.2% | 7.9% | 15.3% | 26.0% | 14.0% | 7.8% | 13.5% | 16.6% | 21.8% | 10.8% | 15.8% | 17.6% | 20.3% | 19.9% |
| Return on assets | — | 41.0% | 16.9% | 22.8% | 15.7% | 5.9% | 10.6% | 20.1% | 11.4% | 6.5% | 10.8% | 12.7% | 16.5% | 8.4% | 12.8% | 14.5% | 17.2% | 17.1% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.74 | 0.82 | 1.35 | 1.04 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.19 | 1.08 | 0.85 | 0.87 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 0.91 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.81 |
| Current ratio | — | 6.14 | 4.82 | 4.78 | 5.76 | 2.56 | 3.95 | 5.39 | 4.38 | 5.41 | 4.10 | 3.94 | 3.17 | 4.70 | 5.93 | 6.35 | 7.37 | 7.58 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 23.8% | 18.7% | 5.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | — | — | 19.3x | 54.5x | 88.1x | — | 95.3x | 164.1x | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Effective tax rate | −43.9% | — | −10.0% | 32.1% | 30.6% | 39.7% | 29.8% | 17.1% | 38.9% | 4.0% | 12.0% | 11.4% | 11.5% | 30.6% | 24.6% | 25.5% | 16.6% | 15.6% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 23.3% | 17.3% | 20.1% | 14.1% | 17.7% | 21.6% | 23.0% | 19.7% | 23.9% | 31.6% | 27.1% | 25.0% | 22.8% | 24.2% | 23.8% | 22.9% | 21.7% | 21.8% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 19.6% | 15.9% | 15.3% | 9.5% | 10.5% | 10.9% | 10.0% | 8.3% | 8.6% | 10.7% | 10.2% | 9.3% | 8.5% | 8.1% | 8.1% | 8.0% | 8.0% | 8.0% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.7% | 5.4% | 8.4% | 6.5% | 2.1% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 2.7% | 3.6% | 2.7% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1.3% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 55.9% | 32.9% | 53.7% | 79.0% | 197.0% | 237.7% | 86.9% | 125.5% | 162.7% | 194.6% | 175.7% | 152.2% | 30.2% | 172.3% | 139.9% | 127.2% | 153.6% | 132.9% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | 34.0% | 162.5% | 79.7% | 24.5% | 8.0% | 56.3% | 4.7% | 66.7% | 91.4% | 42.8% | 33.3% | 169.9% | 62.9% | 48.4% | 61.9% | 44.0% | 37.0% |
| Quarter | 2025 Q2Sept 2024 | 2025 Q3Dec 2024 | 2025 Q4Mar 2025 | 2026 Q1Jun 2025 | 2026 Q2Sept 2025 | 2026 Q3Dec 2025 | 2026 Q4Mar 2026 | 2027 Q1Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 52.2% | 53.6% | 53.4% | 52.6% | 52.5% | 53.1% | 53.0% | 52.6% |
| Operating margin | 24.3% | 26.2% | 20.2% | 17.8% | 25.8% | 26.3% | 20.1% | 18.4% |
| Net margin | 18.9% | 20.9% | 16.8% | 14.9% | 23.5% | 24.2% | 18.2% | 16.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.0% | 38.1% | 29.9% | 27.9% | 15.7% | 49.2% | 33.2% | 10.7% |
| Current ratio | 5.34 | 5.93 | 6.35 | 6.58 | 6.50 | 7.65 | 7.37 | 7.58 |
| R&D as % of revenue | 20.8% | 20.3% | 24.4% | 25.3% | 19.6% | 19.6% | 24.0% | 25.0% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 7.0% | 7.0% | 8.8% | 9.5% | 7.1% | 7.2% | 8.9% | 9.2% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.5bn of assets due within a year against $194m 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 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 Operating income of $472m against $1m of interest.
Moat
Strong moat
How hard Cirrus Logic'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 20 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 35.5% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 17 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 51.2%, moving by 1.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 13 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 18.6%; its worst year was 9.5%.
- Cash conversion 19 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 18.7% of revenue.
- Discipline 17 / 20
The diluted share count fell 12.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 4.2% 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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