Centerspace key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Centerspace had return on equity of 2.3%, an operating margin of 23.6% and debt equal to 146.5% of equity. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2012Apr 2012 | 2013Apr 2013 | 2014Apr 2014 | 2015Apr 2015 | 2016Apr 2016 | 2017Apr 2017 | 2018Apr 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | 96.7% | 96.7% | 96.7% | 95.7% | 96.1% | 96.4% | 96.5% | 96.5% | 96.6% |
| Operating margin | >999% | 308.6% | 46.4% | 50.5% | 16.7% | −18.8% | −14.0% | 58.7% | 19.0% | 14.8% | 5.4% | 32.3% | 7.8% | 23.6% | 56.1% |
| Net margin | 253.7% | 97.2% | −16.3% | 27.1% | 49.5% | 27.1% | 68.8% | 42.4% | 2.5% | −0.0% | −5.5% | 15.8% | −4.3% | 6.2% | 35.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 704.5% | 195.8% | 82.3% | 104.5% | 31.2% | 23.7% | 21.9% | 26.2% | 33.5% | 41.0% | 35.8% | 34.3% | 15.9% | 23.5% | 89.2% |
| Return on equity | 1.9% | 4.9% | −2.2% | 3.9% | 11.3% | 7.4% | 20.1% | 12.8% | 0.7% | −0.0% | −1.9% | 5.7% | −1.5% | 2.3% | 12.0% |
| Return on assets | 0.5% | 1.4% | −0.7% | 1.2% | 3.8% | 2.7% | 8.1% | 5.6% | 0.3% | −0.0% | −0.7% | 2.1% | −0.6% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
| Asset turnover | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
| Debt to equity | 251.2% | 172.9% | 172.3% | 100.8% | 131.3% | 102.2% | 116.6% | 105.2% | 116.7% | 111.4% | 138.7% | 129.8% | 128.5% | 146.5% | 106.4% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 1.1x | 1.3x | 1.1x | 1.3x | 0.9x | n/m | n/m | 3.6x | 1.2x | 1.0x | 0.4x | 2.3x | 0.5x | 1.4x | 3.5x |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | >999% | 100.0% | 32.1% | 24.0% | 18.5% | 25.7% | 10.6% | 11.3% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 21.7% | 12.5% | −59.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 277.7% | 201.5% | — | 385.5% | 63.0% | 87.6% | 31.9% | 61.9% | >999% | — | — | 216.6% | — | 376.0% | 251.9% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 444.2% | 142.8% | — | 189.8% | 83.4% | 129.0% | 28.8% | 41.8% | 789.1% | — | — | 105.8% | — | 298.7% | 56.7% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 160.0% | 70.9% | 61.3% | 49.2% | 209.6% | 159.1% | 117.2% | 104.6% | 58.8% | 46.5% | 80.0% | 61.8% | 121.4% | 84.8% | 22.5% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 96.5% | 96.4% | 96.5% | 96.5% | 96.5% | 96.3% | 96.8% | 96.7% |
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 7.1% | −9.9% | 108.1% | −15.9% | −8.3% | 13.4% | 254.5% |
| Net margin | −7.6% | −5.6% | −21.2% | 75.3% | −27.7% | −19.8% | −1.6% | 207.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 14.2% | 30.4% | −180.5% | −28.9% | 275.1% | 24.8% | 22.9% | 24.8% |
| Debt to equity | 127.0% | 150.0% | 156.5% | 152.8% | 142.0% | 146.1% | 145.5% | 102.5% |
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Centerspace's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 7 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Net income has been a median 1.5% of total assets over 7 years.
- Pricing power 20 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 96.5%, moving by 0.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 7 years.
- Durability 11 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 31.5%; its worst year was 1.8%.
- Cash conversion 18 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 6 years, at a median 32.9% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 23.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.2% 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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