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
| 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 | 61.5% | 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 margin | 0.5% | 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 margin | 2.6% | 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 | — | 1.34 | 1.31 | 1.38 | 1.62 | 1.92 | 2.04 | 2.06 | 1.87 | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.53 | 1.39 | 1.35 | 1.14 | 1.10 | 1.14 | 1.15 |
| Current ratio | — | 2.43 | 2.20 | 1.51 | 1.65 | 2.23 | 2.38 | 2.23 | 1.64 | 1.61 | 1.87 | 1.46 | 1.10 | 2.82 | 2.72 | 2.67 | 2.56 | 2.54 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 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) | 1.4x | 43.3x | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | 2.8x | n/m | 16.0x | 9.1x | 15.0x | 31.4x | 0.7x | 1.7x | 1.0x | 1.0x | 1.4x | 1.4x |
| 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 revenue | 58.8% | 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 revenue | 0.9% | 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 flow | 34.8% | 173.5% | — | — | — | — | 3.4% | 3.2% | 0.3% | 2.9% | 63.2% | 10.6% | 0.0% | — | 4.2% | 6.0% | 37.8% | — |
| 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 | 33.9% | 33.3% | 34.3% | 33.9% | 32.9% | 32.7% | 32.9% | 32.3% |
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 5.3% | 4.6% | 1.6% | 2.7% | 5.0% |
| Net margin | 4.7% | −5.4% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.2% | −1.3% | 0.1% | 1.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −4.4% | 8.6% | −2.2% | 5.7% | 6.3% | 2.4% | −4.8% | 2.9% |
| Current ratio | 2.81 | 2.67 | 2.74 | 2.59 | 2.50 | 2.56 | 2.63 | 2.54 |
| Debt to equity | 109.6% | 114.6% | 118.3% | 110.3% | 108.3% | 107.7% | 113.0% | 111.4% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 29.9% | 29.1% | 30.1% | 28.5% | 28.3% | 31.1% | 30.2% | 27.3% |
Financial health
- 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.
Moat
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).
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