Ducommun Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Ducommun Inc had return on equity of -5.6% and a net margin of -4.5%. 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 | LTMJul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 2.4% | 4.9% | −8.2% | 2.4% | 1.5% | 2.7% | −11.2% | 4.6% | 3.6% | 1.4% | 4.5% | 4.6% | 21.0% | 4.0% | 2.1% | 2.8% | −4.5% | −2.5% |
| Return on equity | 4.4% | 8.1% | −21.2% | 8.6% | 5.1% | 8.1% | −33.9% | 12.7% | 9.0% | 3.7% | 11.8% | 9.4% | 33.7% | 5.8% | 2.7% | 3.3% | −5.6% | −3.1% |
| Return on assets | — | 5.7% | −8.2% | 2.2% | 1.5% | 2.6% | −11.5% | 4.7% | 3.7% | 1.5% | 4.5% | 3.6% | 14.9% | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1.9% | −3.2% | −1.8% |
| Effective tax rate | 26.0% | 19.7% | — | 26.9% | −21.2% | 24.3% | — | 33.7% | — | 12.0% | 14.0% | 8.8% | 20.5% | 13.6% | 2.8% | 19.5% | — | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 11.5% | 13.1% | 14.8% | 11.7% | 11.5% | 11.9% | 12.6% | 14.0% | 14.2% | 13.3% | 13.3% | 14.3% | 14.5% | 13.8% | 15.8% | 18.9% | 17.9% | 16.6% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 30.8% | 15.9% | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $661m of assets due within a year against $197m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $661m short-term assets against $337m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $40m of cash against $278m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 40% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 59% to 40% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt −$12m of operating cash flow against $278m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Ducommun'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 4.4% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 8 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 21.2%, moving by 2.7 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 5.5%; its worst year was -1.7%.
- Cash conversion 8 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 10 years, at a median 2.4% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 26.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.6% 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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