Digi International Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Digi International Inc had return on equity of 6.7%, an operating margin of 13.1%, debt equal to 25.2% of equity and a current ratio of 1.21. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Sept 2009 | 2010Sept 2010 | 2011Sept 2011 | 2012Sept 2012 | 2013Sept 2013 | 2014Sept 2014 | 2015Sept 2015 | 2016Sept 2016 | 2017Sept 2017 | 2018Sept 2018 | 2019Sept 2019 | 2020Sept 2020 | 2021Sept 2021 | 2022Sept 2022 | 2023Sept 2023 | 2024Sept 2024 | 2025Sept 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 49.0% | 50.5% | 52.2% | 52.7% | 51.2% | 49.3% | 47.6% | 49.1% | 48.1% | 48.1% | 46.8% | 51.6% | 54.0% | 55.7% | 56.7% | 58.9% | 62.9% | 63.8% |
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 5.5% | 8.3% | 5.7% | 3.9% | 2.4% | 5.3% | 8.4% | 4.9% | 1.2% | 4.0% | 4.1% | 3.4% | 9.8% | 11.3% | 11.3% | 13.1% | 13.9% |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 4.9% | 5.4% | 4.0% | 3.0% | 1.0% | 3.2% | 8.2% | 5.2% | 0.7% | 3.9% | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5.0% | 5.6% | 5.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.1% | 7.2% | 9.4% | 5.9% | 4.5% | −0.9% | 4.7% | 12.0% | 0.4% | −2.0% | 7.7% | 12.0% | 18.0% | 9.2% | 7.3% | 19.1% | 24.5% | 26.9% |
| Return on equity | 1.8% | 3.8% | 4.4% | 2.9% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 2.4% | 5.8% | 3.0% | 0.5% | 2.9% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 4.0% | 4.8% | 4.0% | 6.7% | 7.4% |
| Return on assets | — | 3.3% | 4.0% | 2.6% | 2.0% | 0.6% | 2.2% | 5.2% | 2.8% | 0.5% | 2.6% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 2.7% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.68 | 0.74 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.69 | 0.64 | 0.53 | 0.63 | 0.66 | 0.60 | 0.54 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.54 |
| Current ratio | — | 6.65 | 8.33 | 9.54 | 7.00 | 6.79 | 6.91 | 8.22 | 9.70 | 4.56 | 4.33 | 2.78 | 4.18 | 1.72 | 1.93 | 1.73 | 1.21 | 1.13 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 17.0% | 10.2% | 49.8% | 39.5% | 21.4% | 25.2% | 15.8% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 11.9x | 72.1x | 198.1x | — | 179.7x | — | — | 58.8x | 184.7x | 111.3x | 98.7x | 3.2x | 7.6x | 1.9x | 2.0x | 3.1x | 8.9x | 8.9x |
| Effective tax rate | 4.6% | 15.0% | 33.3% | 30.1% | 29.5% | 11.2% | 28.1% | 19.2% | 1.5% | 49.8% | 10.7% | −12.7% | −15.2% | −4.1% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 18.3% | 22.1% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 15.9% | 15.2% | 15.5% | 16.1% | 15.5% | 15.8% | 14.7% | 15.2% | 15.8% | 14.6% | 14.8% | 15.7% | 15.1% | 14.2% | 13.2% | 14.2% | 14.8% | 14.6% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 2.3% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 2.1% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 3.7% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 289.3% | 146.7% | 173.4% | 146.7% | 152.7% | −92.1% | 145.3% | 145.8% | 7.5% | −283.3% | 197.1% | 399.2% | 535.1% | 184.5% | 130.8% | 359.3% | 258.1% | 279.0% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 55.7% | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 158.6% | — | 24.4% | 2.3% | 133.6% | — | 5.5% | 5.3% | 3.8% | 18.6% | 13.3% | 4.4% | 6.5% | 8.4% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Sept 2024 | 2025 Q1Dec 2024 | 2025 Q2Mar 2025 | 2025 Q3Jun 2025 | 2025 Q4Sept 2025 | 2026 Q1Dec 2025 | 2026 Q2Mar 2026 | 2026 Q3Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 61.1% | 62.0% | 62.1% | 63.5% | 63.9% | 62.4% | 64.0% | 64.8% |
| Operating margin | 14.2% | 12.9% | 13.1% | 13.9% | 12.5% | 13.3% | 13.1% | 16.5% |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 9.7% | 10.0% | 9.5% | 8.7% | 9.6% | 8.6% | 11.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 24.3% | 28.1% | 24.6% | 21.3% | 24.1% | 28.7% | 31.2% | 23.4% |
| Current ratio | 1.73 | 1.61 | 1.57 | 1.43 | 1.21 | 1.24 | 1.11 | 1.13 |
| Debt to equity | 21.2% | 16.1% | 11.6% | 6.4% | 25.0% | 20.8% | 21.5% | 15.8% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 14.7% | 14.5% | 14.7% | 15.1% | 14.9% | 14.0% | 14.7% | 14.7% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $145m of assets due within a year against $129m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $145m short-term assets against $151m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $28m of cash against $108m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 16% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 58% to 16% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $138m of operating cash flow against $108m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $71m against $8m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Digi International'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 15 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 11.5% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 15 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 54.3%, moving by 5.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 7 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 6.0%; its worst year was 2.6%.
- Cash conversion 14 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 10.3% of revenue.
- Discipline 9 / 20
The diluted share count rose 21.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 2.6% 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 (59 before it).
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