Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. had return on equity of -16.9%, an operating margin of -0.1%, debt equal to 79.8% of equity and a current ratio of 2.43. 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 | 2.1% | 12.5% | 13.9% | 13.6% | 10.7% | 12.8% | 13.4% | 13.1% | 12.0% | 13.9% | 11.7% | 10.3% | 12.2% | 10.9% | 14.5% | 10.1% | 10.5% | 12.0% |
| Operating margin | −19.6% | 2.8% | 5.9% | 5.1% | 0.9% | 4.0% | 4.6% | 3.8% | 4.0% | 7.0% | 4.5% | −3.2% | 5.1% | 3.2% | 4.8% | −0.1% | −0.1% | 3.0% |
| Net margin | −17.8% | 1.1% | 2.2% | 5.8% | −1.7% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% | −0.3% | 4.6% | 1.8% | −5.2% | 2.4% | −2.8% | 5.9% | −3.9% | −3.5% | −1.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.7% | 1.2% | −1.6% | 0.8% | 0.9% | −0.5% | 4.9% | 5.7% | −1.5% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 3.8% | −4.9% | 6.3% | 2.2% | −7.2% | 5.2% | −0.1% |
| Return on equity | — | — | — | 126.7% | −19.7% | 12.9% | 11.3% | 10.3% | −3.3% | 45.6% | 13.2% | −33.1% | 21.4% | −17.8% | 33.7% | −18.1% | −16.9% | −7.6% |
| Return on assets | — | 2.3% | 5.4% | 11.8% | −2.9% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.6% | −0.6% | 10.4% | 3.7% | −8.3% | 4.9% | −4.5% | 10.4% | −6.1% | −5.6% | −2.4% |
| Asset turnover | — | 2.09 | 2.40 | 2.03 | 1.71 | 1.92 | 1.88 | 1.53 | 1.86 | 2.25 | 2.12 | 1.61 | 2.02 | 1.60 | 1.75 | 1.59 | 1.59 | 1.67 |
| Current ratio | — | 2.22 | 2.71 | 3.15 | 2.80 | 2.79 | 2.68 | 2.91 | 2.22 | 2.33 | 2.40 | 1.88 | 2.29 | 1.93 | 2.26 | 2.41 | 2.43 | 1.92 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | >999% | 377.2% | 417.3% | 425.2% | 352.4% | 354.1% | 230.8% | 149.4% | 121.5% | 153.7% | 153.9% | 127.0% | 81.8% | 99.9% | 79.8% | 68.1% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | 1.0x | 2.5x | 2.1x | 0.3x | 1.6x | 1.8x | 1.3x | 1.6x | 4.3x | 2.4x | n/m | 4.4x | 2.5x | 3.7x | n/m | n/m | 1.5x |
| Effective tax rate | — | −39.1% | 14.3% | — | — | 40.2% | 58.0% | 0.7% | — | 16.3% | 26.8% | — | 26.1% | — | — | — | — | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | — | — | — | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 10.4% | 9.4% | 7.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% | 8.6% | 8.7% | 9.1% | 7.9% | 6.8% | 7.2% | 9.5% | 7.1% | 7.7% | 9.7% | 10.2% | 10.6% | 11.3% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.2% | 1.7% | 2.6% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 2.7% | 1.0% | 1.8% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 1.6% | 2.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | 115.0% | −72.7% | 13.4% | — | −54.8% | 575.3% | 559.1% | — | 64.7% | 80.8% | — | −200.1% | — | 37.6% | — | — | — |
| 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 | 8.0% | 10.5% | 11.4% | 10.5% | 9.7% | 11.6% | 12.7% | 13.5% |
| Operating margin | −3.2% | 0.8% | 0.5% | −0.7% | −1.2% | 8.6% | 0.8% | 3.7% |
| Net margin | −23.7% | −2.5% | −2.8% | −4.6% | −4.3% | 0.5% | −5.2% | 2.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −18.7% | 6.7% | 10.1% | −2.3% | 5.6% | −2.5% | −0.7% | −1.7% |
| Current ratio | 2.41 | 2.12 | 2.41 | 2.46 | 2.43 | 2.13 | 1.98 | 1.92 |
| Debt to equity | 99.9% | 85.9% | 85.8% | 82.3% | 79.8% | 71.4% | 67.4% | 68.1% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 11.2% | 9.6% | 10.9% | 11.2% | 10.9% | 11.1% | 11.9% | 11.3% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $337m of assets due within a year against $176m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $337m short-term assets against $167m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 68% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 159% to 68% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $14m of operating cash flow against $96m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $22m against $15m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Commercial Vehicle Group'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
Cash operating profit has been a median 4.8% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 8 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 12.1%, moving by 1.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 3.4%; its worst year was -4.7%.
- Cash conversion 5 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 10 years, at a median 0.3% of revenue.
- Discipline 13 / 20
The diluted share count rose 11.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.5% 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 (30 before it).
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