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Distribution Solutions Group, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Distribution Solutions Group, Inc. had return on equity of 1.3%, an operating margin of 4.0%, debt equal to 108.5% of equity and a current ratio of 2.56. 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.

Distribution Solutions Group, Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin61.5%61.5%58.9%57.5%59.8%60.4%61.3%60.8%59.8%54.2%53.2%53.1%25.0%33.9%35.1%34.0%33.4%32.7%
Operating margin0.5%5.3%−1.9%−16.5%−2.2%−1.7%0.8%−0.5%3.2%2.6%2.4%5.8%2.2%3.6%2.7%3.1%4.0%3.5%
Net margin−0.9%2.2%−1.5%−22.9%−1.9%−1.5%0.1%−0.6%9.7%1.8%1.9%4.3%−1.0%0.6%−0.6%−0.4%0.4%0.4%
Free-cash-flow margin2.6%0.4%−11.4%−9.7%−0.9%−0.3%2.6%2.0%1.9%5.1%1.9%8.8%1.4%−1.7%5.5%2.4%3.2%1.8%
Return on equity−2.0%5.0%−3.3%−61.1%−7.5%−6.8%0.5%−2.7%38.4%6.5%7.0%11.5%−3.1%2.0%−1.5%−1.1%1.3%1.4%
Return on assets—2.9%−2.0%−31.6%−3.1%−2.9%0.2%−1.2%18.2%3.2%3.6%6.6%−1.4%0.9%−0.6%−0.4%0.5%0.5%
Asset turnover—1.341.311.381.621.922.042.061.871.801.851.531.391.351.141.101.141.15
Current ratio—2.432.201.511.652.232.382.231.641.611.871.461.102.822.722.672.562.54
Debt to equity0.0%0.0%0.0%20.9%0.0%0.0%1.5%1.4%15.6%10.9%2.1%0.0%138.2%74.1%86.9%115.5%108.5%112.1%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)1.4x43.3xn/mn/mn/mn/m2.8xn/m16.0x9.1x15.0x31.4x0.7x1.7x1.0x1.0x1.4x1.4x
Effective tax rate−36.1%42.6%————74.2%——9.5%25.4%27.3%—42.8%——57.0%47.9%
SG&A as % of revenue58.8%56.8%59.9%65.1%61.1%60.9%60.2%61.3%58.4%51.6%——22.8%30.3%32.4%30.9%29.5%29.2%
Capital spending as % of revenue0.9%3.2%3.7%6.7%1.1%1.0%0.8%1.1%0.4%0.7%0.5%0.5%0.6%0.7%1.0%0.8%1.1%1.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income—18.4%————>999%—20.0%286.0%99.3%204.1%—−261.1%——753.0%416.5%
Dividends ÷ net income—31.9%————————————————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow34.8%173.5%————3.4%3.2%0.3%2.9%63.2%10.6%0.0%—4.2%6.0%37.8%—

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 30, 2026
What it owns · $1.8bn
Short-term assets $832mLonger-term assets $985m
What it owes, and who funded it · $1.8bn
Short-term liabilities $327mLonger-term liabilities $836mShareholders' equity $655m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $832m of assets due within a year against $327m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $832m short-term assets against $836m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $67m of cash against $729m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 111% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 56% to 111% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $57m of operating cash flow against $729m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $73m against $52m of interest.

From Distribution Solutions Group, 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

28 /100

Weak moat

How hard Distribution Solutions Group'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 0 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median -0.9% of total assets over 9 years.

  • Pricing power 6 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 40.0%, moving by 10.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 8 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 2.7%; its worst year was 1.5%.

  • Cash conversion 10 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 3.3% of revenue.

  • Discipline 10 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 151.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.6% 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 (33 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 Distribution Solutions Group, 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 Distribution Solutions Group, Inc.