CTO Realty Growth, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, CTO Realty Growth, Inc. had return on equity of 1.7%, an operating margin of 22.7% and debt equal to 108.6% of equity. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 69.3% | 78.4% | 79.9% | 84.2% | 73.0% | 68.1% | 72.2% | 72.3% | 73.3% | 74.6% | 75.1% |
| Operating margin | 103.9% | −9.3% | −69.2% | 5.3% | 24.1% | 34.9% | 47.1% | 57.6% | 20.0% | 71.9% | 76.1% | 21.8% | 33.2% | 13.0% | 24.3% | 14.1% | 22.7% | 37.5% |
| Net margin | 13.6% | −4.9% | −36.3% | 3.7% | 14.1% | 17.7% | 19.4% | 24.7% | 107.9% | 85.1% | 255.8% | 139.2% | 42.6% | 3.8% | 5.1% | −1.6% | 6.7% | 26.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −62.9% | −14.4% | −41.6% | −131.9% | −103.5% | −85.6% | −200.3% | −118.8% | — | −151.0% | −380.8% | −317.7% | −326.3% | −399.7% | 42.4% | 48.1% | 43.2% | 38.5% |
| Return on equity | 0.7% | −0.5% | −4.1% | 0.5% | 3.1% | 5.1% | 6.2% | 11.3% | 25.1% | 18.8% | 46.3% | 24.7% | 7.7% | 0.7% | 1.1% | −0.4% | 1.7% | 7.1% |
| Return on assets | — | −0.3% | −2.7% | 0.3% | 1.8% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 4.0% | 9.5% | 7.3% | 18.3% | 11.5% | 4.3% | 0.4% | 0.6% | −0.2% | 0.8% | 3.2% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.12 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 0.0% | 13.5% | 25.5% | 52.6% | 80.9% | 118.8% | 112.1% | 108.6% | 118.2% | 100.6% | 78.0% | 64.6% | 88.3% | 108.3% | 84.7% | 108.6% | 106.1% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | n/m | n/m | 1.3x | 3.4x | 5.2x | 2.9x | 4.3x | 0.9x | 3.0x | 2.7x | 1.1x | 2.6x | 1.0x | 1.2x | 0.8x | 1.3x | 2.1x |
| Effective tax rate | 29.4% | — | — | — | 42.5% | 37.5% | 38.9% | 42.1% | — | 28.7% | 24.8% | — | −11.5% | — | 9.8% | — | 4.2% | 1.6% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 59.1% | 11.2% | 24.7% | 153.5% | 145.3% | 117.0% | 258.8% | 140.5% | — | 260.6% | 417.3% | 347.7% | 365.5% | 467.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | −464.1% | — | — | <−999% | −732.5% | −483.5% | <−999% | −481.6% | — | −177.4% | −148.8% | −228.1% | −765.8% | <−999% | 837.5% | — | 640.1% | 147.2% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 214.5% | — | — | 38.2% | 9.4% | 6.3% | 5.6% | 4.2% | 2.4% | 4.0% | 1.9% | 18.4% | 78.8% | 915.0% | 619.6% | — | 486.0% | 119.9% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 87.9% | 68.4% | 90.4% | 81.4% |
| 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 | 74.4% | 75.2% | 73.0% | 75.4% | 75.0% | 75.3% | 74.6% | 75.3% |
| Operating margin | −20.4% | 22.0% | −33.7% | 26.6% | 75.1% | 25.0% | 30.2% | 24.7% |
| Net margin | −42.6% | 6.3% | −62.2% | 7.7% | 73.9% | 15.1% | 34.5% | −11.0% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 39.3% | 28.8% | 45.5% | 81.7% | 16.5% | 35.5% | 45.6% | 52.4% |
| Debt to equity | 84.7% | 101.4% | 105.5% | 108.4% | 108.6% | 112.9% | 99.3% | 105.3% |
Moat
Weak moat
How hard CTO Realty Growth'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 4 / 20
Net income has been a median 4.1% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 33.6%; its worst year was -1.4%.
- Cash conversion 3 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 3 of 10 years, at a median -156.6% of revenue.
- Discipline 8 / 20
The diluted share count rose 563.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 3.6% 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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