DSS, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, DSS, Inc. had a net margin of -115.3%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | −25.9% | −24.1% | −25.0% | 14.9% | −225.1% | −81.7% | −5.0% | −3.1% | 7.9% | −18.6% | 12.4% | −163.3% | −210.8% | −233.8% | −245.6% | −115.3% | −149.8% |
| Return on equity | −75.5% | −63.9% | −60.2% | 7.7% | −110.9% | −146.4% | −27.3% | −14.3% | 23.7% | −29.1% | 4.3% | −27.8% | −41.7% | −64.0% | −111.8% | — | — |
| Return on assets | −23.2% | −23.2% | −31.6% | 6.4% | −86.6% | −66.0% | −5.6% | −3.2% | 9.0% | −16.3% | 3.4% | −17.7% | −22.5% | −30.2% | −36.1% | −27.5% | −40.7% |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.9% | 1.5% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.3% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1.4% | 5.3% | 4.4% | 6.5% | 1.5% | 1.6% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 45.9% | 52.9% | 53.0% | 66.8% | 58.9% | 53.0% | 38.2% | 34.6% | 38.3% | 42.9% | 95.8% | 133.1% | 89.4% | 197.9% | 199.8% | 59.1% | 68.9% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $9m of assets due within a year against $49m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $9m short-term assets against $11m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $4m of cash against $5m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt −$11m of operating cash flow against $5m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$17m against $238,000 of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard DSS'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 -10.7% of total assets over 5 years.
- Pricing power 7 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 32.9%, moving by 6.7 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -89.1%; its worst year was -259.0%.
- Cash conversion 1 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 1 of 10 years, at a median -32.8% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 25.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.6% 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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