Erie Indemnity key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Erie Indemnity had return on equity of 26.2%, an operating margin of 17.6%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 1.27. 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 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 16.1% | 15.8% | 15.4% | 18.4% | 17.2% | 14.5% | 14.4% | 13.3% | 12.1% | 13.2% | 15.9% | 17.8% | 17.6% | 17.9% |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 2.9% | 12.5% | 11.9% | 11.6% | 13.2% | 11.6% | 12.1% | 12.8% | 11.6% | 11.3% | 10.5% | 13.6% | 15.8% | 13.8% | 14.0% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14.4% | 9.9% | 8.7% | 10.6% | 11.3% | 9.6% | 10.5% | 8.8% | 12.8% | 14.0% | 13.4% |
| Return on equity | 1.9% | 4.9% | 20.0% | 22.5% | 23.6% | 23.3% | 23.7% | 26.5% | 23.5% | 31.5% | 30.1% | 25.3% | 23.5% | 21.4% | 28.7% | 32.9% | 26.2% | 23.8% |
| Return on assets | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.9% | 12.8% | 14.2% | 12.3% | 16.7% | 16.7% | 14.2% | 13.7% | 13.3% | 18.9% | 22.4% | 17.9% | 16.4% |
| Asset turnover | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 1.10 | 1.08 | 1.05 | 1.38 | 1.31 | 1.23 | 1.21 | 1.27 | 1.39 | 1.42 | 1.30 | 1.17 |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.33 | 1.43 | 1.42 | 1.57 | 2.14 | 1.52 | 1.17 | 1.21 | 1.17 | 1.31 | 1.43 | 1.27 | 1.31 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.0% | 8.7% | 10.2% | 8.6% | 8.1% | 7.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 140.0x | — | — | 77.0x | 187.3x | — | — | — | — |
| Effective tax rate | 14.9% | 33.9% | 25.1% | 31.1% | 34.1% | 33.3% | 34.4% | 34.3% | 37.6% | 22.4% | 20.1% | 20.4% | 20.9% | 20.7% | 20.6% | 20.7% | 21.3% | 21.5% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.6% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 4.1% | 2.2% | 5.6% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 3.3% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 108.9% | 85.4% | 71.9% | 82.9% | 97.9% | 85.3% | 100.1% | 64.7% | 81.0% | 102.1% | 96.2% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 86.1% | 60.5% | 60.4% | 143.1% | 51.4% | 70.8% | 72.6% | 64.6% | 74.0% | 54.3% | 52.9% | 93.0% | 64.7% | 69.3% | 49.7% | 39.6% | 45.5% | 46.5% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59.3% | 86.7% | 75.5% | 63.9% | 95.1% | 75.9% | 69.2% | 76.8% | 48.8% | 44.5% | 48.4% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.1% | 15.3% | 18.8% | 19.6% | 16.6% | 16.5% | 18.7% | 19.4% |
| Net margin | 16.5% | 14.0% | 16.5% | 17.1% | 6.7% | 14.9% | 16.5% | 17.0% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 15.9% | 8.9% | 14.8% | 17.3% | 14.8% | 5.4% | 15.9% | 17.3% |
| Current ratio | 1.43 | 1.38 | 1.47 | 1.67 | 1.27 | 1.29 | 1.25 | 1.31 |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.3bn of assets due within a year against $1.0bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.3bn short-term assets against $105m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- 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 Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: High.
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