CTS Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, CTS Corp had return on equity of 12.1%, an operating margin of 15.3%, debt equal to 10.4% of equity and a current ratio of 2.30. 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.

CTS Corp: financial ratios, annual
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	—	—	—	—	29.6%	32.2%	33.2%	35.4%	33.2%	35.1%	33.6%	32.8%	36.0%	35.9%	34.7%	36.4%	38.4%	40.6%
Operating margin	−3.6%	5.0%	4.5%	4.9%	4.3%	10.5%	4.7%	15.9%	9.1%	13.0%	11.5%	10.6%	14.9%	15.8%	13.6%	13.8%	15.3%	17.0%
Net margin	−6.8%	4.0%	7.5%	6.7%	−1.0%	6.6%	1.8%	8.7%	3.4%	9.9%	7.7%	8.2%	−8.2%	10.2%	11.0%	10.8%	12.1%	12.9%
Free-cash-flow margin	8.0%	1.1%	2.4%	9.3%	5.8%	5.0%	7.7%	6.7%	9.4%	6.3%	9.1%	14.6%	13.7%	18.2%	13.5%	15.5%	16.0%	19.0%
Return on equity	−13.8%	8.4%	7.8%	7.7%	−1.4%	9.0%	2.4%	11.5%	4.4%	12.9%	9.2%	8.4%	−9.4%	12.3%	11.7%	10.5%	12.1%	13.0%
Return on assets	—	4.6%	4.4%	3.9%	−0.8%	5.7%	1.5%	6.9%	2.7%	8.6%	6.1%	5.5%	−6.5%	8.4%	8.1%	7.4%	8.5%	9.3%
Asset turnover	—	1.15	0.58	0.58	0.79	0.86	0.81	0.79	0.80	0.86	0.79	0.67	0.79	0.83	0.74	0.68	0.71	0.72
Current ratio	—	2.22	2.28	2.69	2.48	3.01	2.60	2.20	2.28	2.30	2.45	2.22	2.53	2.89	3.29	2.46	2.30	2.59
Debt to equity	—	—	28.3%	57.3%	25.3%	25.9%	32.2%	28.0%	22.2%	13.2%	24.6%	12.9%	10.8%	16.5%	12.8%	17.5%	10.4%	9.4%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	n/m	25.9x	6.0x	5.9x	5.4x	18.2x	6.9x	17.1x	11.5x	29.3x	20.3x	13.8x	36.2x	42.4x	22.5x	16.8x	19.2x	32.9x
Effective tax rate	—	21.4%	8.5%	6.6%	88.9%	32.6%	43.3%	39.9%	64.1%	19.9%	28.1%	23.7%	—	26.2%	19.5%	19.1%	22.0%	33.5%
R&D as % of revenue	2.8%	3.3%	7.1%	6.9%	5.7%	5.6%	5.9%	6.1%	5.9%	5.4%	5.5%	5.7%	4.7%	4.1%	4.5%	4.5%	4.7%	4.1%
SG&A as % of revenue	13.5%	13.1%	19.3%	20.7%	17.1%	15.1%	15.6%	15.5%	17.0%	15.6%	15.0%	16.0%	16.1%	15.6%	15.2%	17.2%	18.2%	19.3%
Capital spending as % of revenue	1.3%	2.4%	5.6%	4.4%	3.4%	3.2%	2.5%	5.2%	4.3%	6.1%	4.6%	3.5%	3.0%	2.4%	2.7%	3.6%	2.9%	2.7%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	—	27.5%	31.6%	138.6%	—	76.9%	423.2%	77.7%	276.5%	63.7%	118.1%	178.5%	—	179.4%	122.4%	143.5%	132.2%	146.7%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	18.6%	19.6%	23.4%	—	20.3%	76.1%	15.2%	36.4%	11.4%	14.5%	14.9%	—	8.6%	8.3%	8.8%	7.3%	6.2%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	10.1%	67.6%	116.3%	53.7%	47.0%	65.6%	79.4%	19.6%	13.2%	49.6%	39.8%	21.4%	19.8%	24.9%	62.1%	59.7%	70.5%	33.7%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

CTS Corp: financial ratios, quarterly
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	37.1%	37.0%	38.7%	38.7%	39.1%	39.5%	41.5%	42.2%
Operating margin	14.2%	12.9%	16.8%	14.6%	16.5%	15.8%	18.5%	17.1%
Net margin	9.1%	10.6%	13.7%	9.6%	14.4%	12.4%	13.2%	11.9%
Free-cash-flow margin	14.9%	8.8%	18.5%	16.9%	19.0%	8.8%	19.9%	27.5%
Current ratio	2.46	2.63	2.61	2.64	2.30	2.52	2.61	2.59
R&D as % of revenue	4.5%	4.9%	4.7%	4.8%	4.3%	4.8%	3.3%	4.2%
SG&A as % of revenue	17.5%	18.8%	17.1%	19.0%	18.1%	18.7%	19.6%	20.6%

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 3 checks passed · September 30, 2026

What it owns · $822m

Short-term assets $329mLonger-term assets $493m

What it owes, and who funded it · $822m

Short-term liabilities $127mLonger-term liabilities $109mShareholders' equity $587m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $329m of assets due within a year against $127m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $329m short-term assets against $109m of longer-dated liabilities.
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 $97m against $3m of interest.

From CTS Corp'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

76 /100

Strong moat

How hard CTS'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 18 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 13.5% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 12 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 35.3%, moving by 2.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 13 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 13.8%; its worst year was 9.5%.
Cash conversion 17 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 14.2% of revenue.
Discipline 20 / 20

The diluted share count fell 10.8% 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 (80 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 CTS Corp'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 CTS Corp.