Energy Services Of America Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2022, Energy Services Of America Corp had return on equity of 14.2%, an operating margin of 3.3%, debt equal to 226.2% of equity and a current ratio of 1.08. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Sept 2010 | 2011Sept 2011 | 2012Sept 2012 | 2013Sept 2013 | 2014Sept 2014 | 2015Sept 2015 | 2016Sept 2016 | 2017Sept 2017 | 2018Sept 2018 | 2019Sept 2019 | 2020Sept 2020 | 2021Sept 2021 | 2022Sept 2022 | 2023Sept 2023 | 2024Sept 2024 | 2025Sept 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 11.2% | 4.8% | 4.3% | 9.2% | 9.1% | 9.3% | 9.1% | 5.5% | 8.6% | 7.3% | 11.3% | 10.6% | 11.3% | 12.1% | 14.2% | 9.4% | 11.8% |
| Operating margin | 5.3% | −4.5% | −34.8% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 3.7% | 4.4% | 0.3% | 2.9% | 2.2% | 3.1% | −0.9% | 3.3% | 4.3% | 5.6% | 1.0% | 3.9% |
| Net margin | 2.6% | −3.7% | −44.5% | 1.9% | 4.0% | 1.8% | 2.1% | −0.3% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 1.8% | −1.0% | 1.9% | — | — | — | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.0% | 2.0% | 0.3% | 4.7% | 1.4% | −2.1% | 2.2% | −1.1% | 5.3% | 0.6% | 9.6% | −4.3% | 1.5% | 3.4% | 2.8% | −0.5% | 1.2% |
| Return on equity | 9.6% | −9.2% | −158.2% | 19.3% | 22.2% | 10.9% | 15.1% | −1.8% | 11.3% | 7.0% | 8.4% | −4.6% | 14.2% | — | — | — | — |
| Return on assets | 4.5% | −4.4% | −56.8% | 3.7% | 8.0% | 4.7% | 6.3% | −0.7% | 4.5% | 3.0% | 3.7% | −1.8% | 4.1% | — | — | — | — |
| Asset turnover | 1.69 | 1.20 | 1.28 | 1.97 | 2.01 | 2.62 | 3.01 | 2.47 | 2.42 | 3.16 | 2.09 | 1.91 | 2.16 | 2.38 | 2.34 | 2.20 | 2.15 |
| Current ratio | 1.31 | 1.42 | 0.94 | 1.34 | 2.57 | 2.15 | 1.71 | 1.46 | 1.60 | 2.14 | 2.22 | 1.25 | 1.08 | 1.19 | 1.49 | 1.48 | 1.50 |
| Debt to equity | 46.2% | 54.5% | 469.8% | 110.4% | 65.0% | 89.8% | 100.9% | 156.8% | 93.8% | 95.2% | 63.1% | 172.3% | 226.2% | 187.0% | 75.2% | 139.5% | 66.4% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 6.3x | n/m | n/m | 1.1x | 2.6x | 5.6x | 7.9x | 0.5x | 4.3x | 3.6x | 7.5x | n/m | 6.6x | 5.4x | 9.1x | 1.3x | 5.7x |
| Effective tax rate | 43.1% | — | — | — | — | 43.0% | 47.2% | — | 26.6% | 32.7% | 32.0% | — | 37.6% | 28.7% | 25.1% | 56.1% | 28.5% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 5.8% | 9.3% | 9.0% | 7.4% | 6.8% | 5.6% | 4.7% | 5.3% | 5.7% | 5.1% | 8.2% | 11.5% | 8.0% | 7.8% | 8.6% | 8.4% | 7.9% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.7% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 1.4% | 1.9% | 3.0% | 4.9% | 2.7% | 3.6% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 1.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 36.2% | — | — | 249.2% | 34.2% | −115.0% | 104.1% | — | 286.2% | 57.1% | 539.1% | — | 79.4% | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21.5% | — | — | — | 32.8% | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | 20.6% | — | 0.7% | 31.3% | 8.4% | — | 0.0% | 10.3% | 10.4% | — | 44.6% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Sept 2024 | 2025 Q1Dec 2024 | 2025 Q2Mar 2025 | 2025 Q3Jun 2025 | 2025 Q4Sept 2025 | 2026 Q1Dec 2025 | 2026 Q2Mar 2026 | 2026 Q3Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 16.8% | 10.2% | 0.1% | 11.6% | 12.6% | 12.3% | 11.0% | 11.0% |
| Operating margin | 8.4% | 1.6% | −10.6% | 3.1% | 5.8% | 4.3% | 1.1% | 3.6% |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 2.0% | — | — | — | 2.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −2.8% | 5.9% | −1.4% | −0.6% | −5.0% | 14.7% | −0.1% | −3.7% |
| Current ratio | 1.49 | 1.50 | 1.31 | 1.34 | 1.48 | 1.44 | 1.40 | 1.50 |
| Debt to equity | 57.7% | 97.8% | 94.4% | 108.5% | 121.9% | 102.2% | 43.1% | 53.9% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 8.4% | 8.6% | 10.7% | 8.5% | 6.9% | 8.0% | 9.8% | 7.4% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $149m of assets due within a year against $99m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $149m short-term assets against $36m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $15m of cash against $45m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 54% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 34% to 54% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $10m of operating cash flow against $45m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $18m against $3m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Energy Services Of America'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 11 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 8.9% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 8 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 10.5%, moving by 2.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 5 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 2.0%; its worst year was 0.6%.
- Cash conversion 6 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 10 years, at a median 0.8% of revenue.
- Discipline 12 / 20
The diluted share count rose 13.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.0% 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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