Digitalocean Holdings, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Digitalocean Holdings, Inc. had an operating margin of 17.4% and a current ratio of 0.69. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 52.0% | 54.3% | 60.2% | 63.2% | 57.4% | 59.7% | 59.9% | 54.7% |
| Operating margin | −11.7% | −5.0% | −2.6% | −4.5% | 1.7% | 11.7% | 17.4% | 12.5% |
| Net margin | −15.9% | −13.7% | −4.6% | −4.8% | 2.8% | 10.8% | 28.8% | 3.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −5.3% | −12.5% | 8.4% | 15.4% | 16.7% | 13.4% | 20.0% | 22.1% |
| Return on equity | — | — | −7.7% | −8.9% | — | — | — | 4.9% |
| Return on assets | — | −10.1% | −1.5% | −1.4% | 1.2% | 5.5% | 14.9% | 1.2% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.74 | 0.34 | 0.29 | 0.42 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.40 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.75 | 30.39 | 5.72 | 2.61 | 2.45 | 0.69 | 1.15 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | 253.0% | >999% | — | — | — | 32.9% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | 1.3x | 10.0x | 8.8x | 3.2x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | 27.5% | 13.5% | −25.5% | 28.2% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 23.5% | 23.5% | 27.0% | 25.0% | 19.8% | 18.3% | 17.9% | 19.0% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 21.0% | 30.9% | 22.7% | 18.5% | 17.2% | 22.8% | 14.3% | 11.9% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | 595.8% | 123.7% | 69.6% | 712.6% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | 971.2% | 676.0% | 422.4% | 57.2% | 45.5% | 0.0% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 61.5% | 61.4% | 59.9% | 59.6% | 58.7% | 56.1% | 55.0% | 50.1% |
| Operating margin | 15.9% | 17.9% | 16.3% | 19.6% | 16.0% | 14.2% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| Net margin | 8.9% | 18.1% | 16.9% | 69.0% | 10.6% | 6.1% | 12.6% | −13.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 12.7% | 1.0% | 27.1% | 38.3% | 12.8% | 2.7% | 24.3% | 42.9% |
| Current ratio | 2.45 | 2.42 | 2.27 | 1.13 | 0.69 | 1.46 | 1.31 | 1.15 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | — | — | — | 103.6% | 99.0% | 32.6% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 19.7% | 18.8% | 18.1% | 16.6% | 18.3% | 18.9% | 20.5% | 18.3% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.1bn of assets due within a year against $927m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.1bn short-term assets against $1.4bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $666m of cash against $462m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 33% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 343% to 33% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $375m of operating cash flow against $462m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $138m against $43m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Digitalocean Holdings's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 11 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 8.8% of total assets over 5 years.
- Pricing power 19 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 58.7%, moving by 2.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 4.7%; its worst year was -4.6%.
- Cash conversion 18 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 6 years, at a median 15.2% of revenue.
- Discipline 0 / 20
The diluted share count rose 51.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 11.3% 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 (47 before it).
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