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Diebold Nixdorf, Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Diebold Nixdorf, Inc had return on equity of 9.3%, an operating margin of 6.4%, debt equal to 88.3% of equity and a current ratio of 1.30. 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.

Fiscal year2008Dec 20082009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin25.1%23.9%25.5%25.8%24.4%22.7%26.6%26.9%21.5%21.7%19.6%24.2%26.5%26.7%21.9%24.5%25.3%25.0%
Operating margin5.9%5.5%−0.1%5.2%3.4%−5.4%6.0%2.4%−5.1%−2.0%−7.1%−0.6%0.6%3.5%−6.1%4.9%6.4%5.4%
Net margin2.9%1.0%−0.7%5.1%2.5%−7.0%4.2%3.0%−1.3%−5.2%−11.6%−7.7%−6.9%−2.0%−16.8%−0.4%2.5%2.0%
Free-cash-flow margin7.3%9.3%7.9%7.6%4.5%4.8%6.8%1.5%0.9%0.8%−2.3%3.1%0.5%3.2%−11.2%4.0%7.9%4.8%
Return on equity9.2%2.6%−2.0%16.2%9.2%−26.2%20.3%15.6%−8.3%−46.7%——————9.3%7.5%
Return on assets—1.0%−0.8%5.7%2.9%−7.6%5.1%3.2%−1.1%−4.6%−11.2%−8.5%−7.2%−2.2%−17.7%−0.5%2.6%2.0%
Asset turnover—1.061.111.131.171.081.211.060.880.880.961.091.051.091.051.141.031.04
Current ratio—2.142.122.102.121.741.611.721.441.381.401.181.131.081.101.321.301.27
Debt to equity0.0%54.5%58.8%77.2%82.3%87.8%95.1%154.8%305.5%416.1%—————103.9%88.3%104.3%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)4.0x4.2xn/m4.3x3.3xn/m5.3x1.8xn/mn/mn/mn/m0.1x0.7xn/m1.2x2.8x2.2x
Effective tax rate26.5%35.9%—5.1%25.5%—30.6%−29.9%————————19.3%33.4%
R&D as % of revenue2.4%2.6%2.6%2.8%2.9%3.6%3.4%3.6%3.3%3.4%3.4%3.3%3.4%3.2%3.5%2.5%2.3%2.1%
SG&A as % of revenue16.7%15.6%16.7%17.8%17.6%21.9%17.5%20.2%23.0%20.3%19.5%20.6%22.0%19.9%21.4%17.2%16.6%17.0%
Capital spending as % of revenue1.9%1.6%1.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income253.2%970.5%—149.4%184.1%—163.4%50.5%————————317.9%245.4%
Dividends ÷ net income75.1%266.9%—50.6%98.9%—65.5%102.6%——————————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow29.7%28.3%44.0%85.8%56.3%62.9%41.1%211.3%232.8%96.0%—1.4%36.7%6.2%—0.0%43.5%109.5%

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.

Financial health

2 of 6 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $3.7bn
Short-term assets $1.7bnLonger-term assets $2.0bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $3.7bn
Short-term liabilities $1.3bnLonger-term liabilities $1.4bnShareholders' equity $936m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.7bn of assets due within a year against $1.3bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.7bn short-term assets against $1.4bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $185m of cash against $949m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 101% of equity.
  • 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 $188m of operating cash flow against $949m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $211m against $95m of interest.

From Diebold Nixdorf, Inc'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

38 /100

Weak moat

How hard Diebold Nixdorf'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 0 / 20

    Net income has been a median -3.2% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 9 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 24.7%, moving by 2.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -0.3%; its worst year was -6.9%.

  • Cash conversion 4 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 4 of 10 years, at a median -3.3% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 53.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% 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 (43 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 Diebold Nixdorf, Inc'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 Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.