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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

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Centerspace: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2012Apr 20122013Apr 20132014Apr 20142015Apr 20152016Apr 20162017Apr 20172018Apr 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 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 margin253.7%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 margin704.5%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 equity1.9%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 assets0.5%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 turnover0.000.010.040.050.080.100.120.130.120.120.130.130.140.140.14
Debt to equity251.2%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)1.1x1.3x1.1x1.3x0.9xn/mn/m3.6x1.2x1.0x0.4x2.3x0.5x1.4x3.5x
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 income277.7%201.5%—385.5%63.0%87.6%31.9%61.9%>999%——216.6%—376.0%251.9%
Dividends ÷ net income444.2%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 flow160.0%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%

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.

Moat

59 /100

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.

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 Centerspace's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 2, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Centerspace.