Diodes Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Diodes Inc had return on equity of 3.6%, an operating margin of 2.4%, debt equal to 3.0% of equity and a current ratio of 3.32. 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 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 27.9% | 36.7% | 30.5% | 25.5% | 28.8% | 31.1% | 29.3% | 30.5% | 33.8% | 35.9% | 37.3% | 35.1% | 37.1% | 41.3% | 39.6% | 33.2% | 31.2% | 31.7% |
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 17.1% | 11.3% | 3.9% | 5.1% | 9.5% | 5.0% | 4.0% | 7.5% | 12.7% | 16.1% | 10.9% | 15.3% | 20.4% | 15.1% | 3.8% | 2.4% | 4.8% |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 12.5% | 8.0% | 3.8% | 3.2% | 7.1% | 2.9% | 1.7% | −0.2% | 8.6% | 12.3% | 8.0% | 12.7% | 16.6% | 13.7% | 3.4% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | — | — | — | 1.0% | 7.6% | 8.6% | −1.8% | 7.0% | 6.6% | 8.1% | 10.5% | 9.1% | 10.9% | 9.0% | 7.8% | 3.5% | 9.3% | 8.7% |
| Return on equity | 1.7% | 15.6% | 8.6% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 8.7% | 3.1% | 2.0% | −0.2% | 11.8% | 15.0% | 9.5% | 20.8% | 24.1% | 14.0% | 2.5% | 3.6% | 4.5% |
| Return on assets | — | 9.1% | 6.2% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 5.4% | 1.7% | 1.0% | −0.1% | 6.9% | 9.7% | 5.4% | 11.0% | 14.8% | 9.8% | 1.9% | 2.7% | 3.4% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.72 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.79 | 0.76 | 0.61 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.68 | 0.86 | 0.89 | 0.71 | 0.55 | 0.61 | 0.65 |
| Current ratio | 1.89 | 2.15 | 3.89 | 4.33 | 4.14 | 4.53 | 4.18 | 3.95 | 2.68 | 2.89 | 2.84 | 2.01 | 2.52 | 2.69 | 3.02 | 3.26 | 3.32 | 3.17 |
| Debt to equity | 27.6% | 23.7% | 1.8% | 7.8% | 27.0% | 18.4% | 58.6% | 55.4% | 32.6% | 24.2% | 10.1% | 47.0% | 24.5% | 12.3% | 3.6% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 2.1% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 3.1x | 20.1x | 22.9x | 28.4x | 7.6x | 19.5x | 9.9x | 2.9x | 5.9x | 15.6x | 25.4x | 11.5x | 36.8x | 49.1x | 44.0x | 21.6x | 12.8x | 27.6x |
| Effective tax rate | 11.7% | 18.2% | 16.0% | 15.7% | 37.5% | 23.7% | 34.7% | 26.2% | 99.6% | 29.7% | 22.3% | 17.5% | 25.0% | 14.3% | 17.0% | 18.9% | 17.6% | 14.5% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 5.5% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 5.3% | 5.8% | 5.9% | 6.7% | 7.4% | 7.4% | 7.1% | 7.1% | 7.7% | 6.6% | 6.3% | 8.1% | 10.2% | 10.9% | 10.0% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 16.2% | 14.5% | 14.2% | 16.0% | 16.0% | 15.0% | 16.4% | 16.8% | 16.0% | 14.5% | 14.5% | 15.1% | 14.3% | 14.0% | 15.5% | 17.8% | 16.3% | 15.8% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | — | — | — | 9.2% | 5.7% | 6.5% | 15.7% | 6.2% | 10.5% | 7.2% | 7.9% | 6.2% | 7.8% | 10.6% | 9.1% | 5.6% | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | 25.0% | 236.8% | 120.1% | −62.3% | 415.4% | — | 94.3% | 85.7% | 113.6% | 86.3% | 54.6% | 57.3% | 105.4% | 207.4% | 165.5% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27.2% | 12.5% | — | — | 266.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 24.7% | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 33.7% | 32.7% | 31.5% | 31.5% | 30.7% | 31.1% | 31.8% | 33.1% |
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 3.5% | 0.4% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 3.4% | 4.9% | 7.5% |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 2.4% | −1.3% | 12.6% | 3.6% | 2.6% | 3.7% | 10.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.2% | 18.3% | 12.3% | 5.8% | 16.0% | 3.2% | 8.0% | 7.8% |
| Current ratio | 3.58 | 3.26 | 3.43 | 3.33 | 3.32 | 3.32 | 3.17 | 3.17 |
| Debt to equity | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 9.6% | 9.8% | 11.6% | 11.1% | 10.7% | 10.5% | 10.0% | 9.1% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 17.0% | 18.4% | 17.7% | 16.2% | 15.4% | 16.1% | 15.9% | 15.7% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.4bn of assets due within a year against $429m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.4bn short-term assets against $132m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $430m of cash against $24m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 1% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 23% to 1% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $250m of operating cash flow against $24m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $78m against $3m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Diodes'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 12.0% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 11 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 35.2%, moving by 3.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 7 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 11.2%; its worst year was 3.2%.
- Cash conversion 14 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 9.2% of revenue.
- Discipline 18 / 20
The diluted share count fell 4.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.8% 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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