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Driven Brands Holdings Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Driven Brands Holdings Inc. had return on equity of 20.0%, an operating margin of 12.4%, debt equal to 285.2% of equity and a current ratio of 0.75. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Operating margin11.7%10.5%12.1%9.8%6.7%11.4%12.4%14.0%
Net margin1.3%−0.5%0.7%2.1%−43.6%−16.7%7.0%8.9%
Free-cash-flow margin2.2%3.5%8.4%−11.8%−21.5%−2.5%5.8%6.9%
Return on equity2.7%−0.6%0.7%2.6%−58.2%−40.3%20.0%21.4%
Return on assets—−0.1%0.2%0.7%−12.0%−5.2%2.8%4.4%
Asset turnover—0.190.280.330.280.310.400.50
Current ratio—1.221.611.131.921.350.751.47
Debt to equity0.0%199.8%147.8%168.4%328.7%501.5%285.2%205.1%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)1.2x1.0x2.3x1.7x0.7x1.3x1.9x2.8x
Effective tax rate—————97.8%−10.8%−2.0%
SG&A as % of revenue23.7%24.1%19.9%19.8%22.8%26.5%26.6%25.0%
Capital spending as % of revenue4.7%5.8%11.0%21.5%34.9%16.5%12.0%9.3%
Free cash flow ÷ net income170.0%—>999%−553.5%——82.2%78.2%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow0.0%0.0%35.0%———0.0%—

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 7 checks passed · June 27, 2026
What it owns · $3.5bn
Short-term assets $554mLonger-term assets $3.0bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $3.5bn
Short-term liabilities $377mLonger-term liabilities $2.3bnShareholders' equity $833m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $554m of assets due within a year against $377m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $554m short-term assets against $2.3bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $184m of cash against $1.7bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 202% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 143% to 202% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $313m of operating cash flow against $1.7bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $270m against $98m of interest.

From Driven Brands Holdings Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

27 /100

Weak moat

How hard Driven Brands'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 0 / 20

    Net income has been a median -0.1% of total assets over 6 years.

  • Durability 9 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 11.4%; its worst year was 5.4%.

  • Cash conversion 5 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 3 of 6 years, at a median 0.2% of revenue.

  • Discipline 11 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 17.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.0% 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 (32 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Driven Brands Holdings Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Driven Brands Holdings Inc.