Crown Crafts Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Crown Crafts Inc had return on equity of 4.7%, an operating margin of 1.3%, debt equal to 36.4% of equity and a current ratio of 3.58. 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.

Crown Crafts Inc: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2011Apr 2011	2012Apr 2012	2013Mar 2013	2014Mar 2014	2015Mar 2015	2016Apr 2016	2017Apr 2017	2018Apr 2018	2019Mar 2019	2020Mar 2020	2021Mar 2021	2022Apr 2022	2023Apr 2023	2024Mar 2024	2025Mar 2025	2026Mar 2026	LTMJun 2026
Gross margin	22.3%	22.9%	25.2%	27.7%	27.4%	28.2%	29.4%	28.1%	29.2%	29.4%	30.4%	26.7%	26.4%	26.2%	24.4%	24.4%	29.4%
Operating margin	8.5%	9.5%	10.3%	11.5%	10.7%	12.8%	13.2%	7.8%	9.3%	10.5%	9.7%	11.8%	9.6%	7.9%	−12.8%	1.3%	6.1%
Net margin	4.8%	5.9%	6.5%	7.1%	6.7%	8.1%	8.4%	4.3%	6.6%	8.9%	7.7%	11.4%	7.5%	5.6%	−10.7%	2.2%	6.0%
Free-cash-flow margin	2.0%	9.3%	11.1%	4.3%	5.2%	12.8%	15.5%	3.2%	10.8%	10.7%	10.1%	8.9%	9.2%	7.2%	10.3%	9.0%	9.1%
Return on equity	13.7%	15.2%	15.1%	16.8%	15.1%	17.2%	14.1%	7.7%	12.4%	15.7%	14.4%	22.6%	11.9%	9.7%	−20.5%	4.7%	12.7%
Return on assets	9.4%	11.2%	11.5%	12.8%	11.9%	13.3%	11.2%	5.8%	9.0%	11.7%	10.6%	16.8%	7.5%	5.6%	−11.4%	2.4%	7.2%
Asset turnover	1.97	1.89	1.77	1.80	1.79	1.65	1.32	1.35	1.37	1.31	1.37	1.48	0.99	1.01	1.06	1.08	1.20
Current ratio	3.54	3.53	3.10	3.70	4.10	3.75	5.43	5.86	5.02	5.72	3.20	3.95	4.62	5.24	3.57	3.58	3.20
Debt to equity	20.0%	3.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	24.1%	10.8%	6.1%	5.9%	0.0%	25.8%	15.7%	46.7%	36.4%	23.8%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	16.6x	35.5x	99.9x	191.4x	—	186.0x	127.9x	34.0x	21.9x	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Effective tax rate	38.6%	36.4%	36.3%	38.3%	37.6%	36.4%	36.7%	44.3%	26.1%	15.5%	21.3%	19.5%	23.9%	21.4%	—	30.1%	26.3%
SG&A as % of revenue	13.8%	13.4%	14.5%	15.1%	—	15.4%	16.2%	20.3%	19.9%	18.9%	18.0%	14.9%	16.9%	18.4%	21.4%	23.1%	23.3%
Capital spending as % of revenue	0.2%	0.4%	0.6%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	1.0%	1.0%	0.9%	0.6%	1.1%	0.9%	1.0%	1.1%	1.1%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	42.5%	157.9%	169.6%	60.5%	78.9%	157.9%	183.0%	73.9%	163.8%	119.3%	131.6%	78.0%	122.6%	128.7%	—	402.0%	151.8%
Dividends ÷ net income	17.5%	24.8%	149.7%	54.6%	56.1%	47.0%	174.4%	106.6%	64.3%	88.2%	82.4%	67.8%	57.5%	66.2%	—	180.7%	66.4%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	83.5%	28.7%	114.8%	103.3%	76.5%	56.1%	104.6%	146.8%	40.4%	75.0%	97.5%	92.2%	49.9%	51.5%	36.7%	45.0%	43.8%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Crown Crafts Inc: financial ratios, quarterly
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	28.4%	26.1%	18.3%	22.7%	27.7%	23.5%	22.9%	47.9%
Operating margin	6.2%	7.3%	−60.7%	−7.7%	7.9%	−0.5%	2.4%	16.7%
Net margin	3.5%	3.8%	−46.4%	−7.1%	4.9%	7.3%	1.3%	12.3%
Free-cash-flow margin	−4.8%	−0.9%	11.3%	33.4%	−4.3%	11.3%	4.1%	31.9%
Current ratio	3.32	3.36	3.57	2.88	3.14	3.43	3.58	3.20
Debt to equity	40.8%	40.8%	46.7%	36.7%	42.6%	41.9%	36.4%	23.8%
SG&A as % of revenue	22.3%	18.8%	19.7%	30.5%	19.9%	24.0%	20.5%	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

3 of 4 checks passed · June 28, 2026

What it owns · $69m

Short-term assets $48mLonger-term assets $21m

What it owes, and who funded it · $55m

Short-term liabilities $15mShareholders' equity $40m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $48m of assets due within a year against $15m 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 $194,000 of cash against $10m of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 24% of equity.
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 $9m of operating cash flow against $10m of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Crown Crafts Inc'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

51 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Crown Crafts'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 15 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 11.8% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 11 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 28.6%, moving by 2.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 1 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 8.5%; its worst year was -14.0%.
Cash conversion 15 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 9.2% of revenue.
Discipline 15 / 20

The diluted share count rose 5.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.9% 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 (56 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 Crown Crafts Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Crown Crafts Inc.