HF Sinclair Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, HF Sinclair Corp had return on equity of 6.3%, an operating margin of 3.5%, debt equal to 30.5% of equity and a current ratio of 1.94. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 18.1% | 15.3% | 19.7% | 19.3% | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | −6.6% | 4.1% | 10.6% | 6.9% | 0.9% | 3.5% | 13.5% |
| Net margin | −5.4% | 3.0% | 7.7% | 5.0% | 0.6% | 2.2% | 10.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.7% | −1.7% | 8.5% | 6.0% | 2.2% | 3.2% | 9.4% |
| Return on equity | −10.5% | 9.8% | 39.2% | 16.4% | 1.8% | 6.3% | 33.7% |
| Return on assets | — | 4.3% | 18.8% | 8.9% | 1.0% | 3.5% | 19.0% |
| Asset turnover | — | 1.42 | 2.46 | 1.78 | 1.66 | 1.62 | 1.87 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.82 | 2.08 | 2.21 | 1.65 | 1.94 | 2.27 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 54.0% | 35.4% | 27.1% | 28.6% | 30.5% | 23.9% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | 6.0x | 23.1x | 11.5x | 1.6x | 4.3x | 26.2x |
| Effective tax rate | — | 15.7% | 22.7% | 20.5% | 15.6% | 19.9% | 23.5% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.5% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 2.4% | 3.9% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.4% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | −57.0% | 111.3% | 120.3% | 361.6% | 149.6% | 92.7% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | 10.3% | 8.8% | 21.4% | 218.1% | 64.9% | 10.3% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 126.8% | — | 50.0% | 70.1% | 165.3% | 84.3% | 37.8% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | −3.5% | 1.3% | 4.1% | 7.8% | 0.1% | 11.9% | 11.2% | 24.6% |
| Net margin | −3.3% | −0.1% | 3.1% | 5.6% | −0.4% | 9.1% | 8.6% | 18.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −4.8% | −2.7% | 7.0% | 9.5% | −1.9% | 5.0% | 13.4% | 15.2% |
| Current ratio | 1.65 | 1.87 | 1.82 | 1.91 | 1.94 | 1.79 | 1.97 | 2.27 |
| Debt to equity | 28.4% | 29.1% | 28.8% | 29.4% | 30.2% | 28.7% | 27.0% | 23.7% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 2.1% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.3% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $9.0bn of assets due within a year against $4.0bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $9.0bn short-term assets against $4.9bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $3.3bn of cash against $2.8bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 24% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 42% to 24% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $3.8bn of operating cash flow against $2.8bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $4.7bn against $179m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard HF Sinclair's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 5 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 20 / 20
Net income has been a median 11.8% of total assets over 5 years.
- Durability 4 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 9.2%; its worst year was 1.4%.
- Cash conversion 13 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 5 years, at a median 5.4% 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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