Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. had return on equity of -28.0%, an operating margin of -33.2%, debt equal to 25.1% of equity and a current ratio of 1.23. 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.

Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Gross margin	24.6%	17.2%	2.7%	40.1%	57.2%	51.6%	49.9%
Operating margin	−521.2%	−236.3%	−195.3%	−113.2%	−79.2%	−33.2%	−20.8%
Net margin	−528.3%	−46.5%	−164.6%	−135.8%	−52.0%	−22.7%	−3.0%
Free-cash-flow margin	−555.0%	−313.5%	−141.8%	−12.3%	−29.7%	12.8%	16.2%
Return on equity	—	−10.6%	−33.6%	−58.3%	−41.3%	−28.0%	−4.4%
Return on assets	−130.6%	−5.7%	−24.5%	−33.7%	−19.1%	−11.6%	−1.7%
Asset turnover	0.25	0.12	0.15	0.25	0.37	0.51	0.57
Current ratio	0.77	13.61	4.90	2.13	1.26	1.23	1.18
Debt to equity	—	3.4%	13.2%	0.0%	0.0%	25.1%	25.2%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	—	n/m	n/m
R&D as % of revenue	289.0%	49.0%	35.2%	30.8%	22.6%	14.1%	13.2%
Capital spending as % of revenue	116.4%	70.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc.: financial ratios, quarterly
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	57.8%	57.5%	59.8%	49.8%	49.7%	48.4%	50.9%	50.2%
Operating margin	−70.0%	−64.9%	−45.0%	−53.8%	−20.1%	−20.7%	−18.3%	−24.1%
Net margin	−111.3%	−54.0%	−5.3%	−124.6%	−4.2%	28.3%	−10.8%	−21.3%
Free-cash-flow margin	13.4%	11.0%	−7.9%	6.5%	8.2%	40.4%	−6.9%	27.2%
Current ratio	1.50	1.26	1.10	0.93	1.27	1.23	1.21	1.18
Debt to equity	—	0.0%	—	—	27.9%	23.9%	23.8%	24.2%
R&D as % of revenue	21.2%	18.5%	15.2%	14.6%	13.1%	14.1%	12.7%	13.2%

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

5 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $302m

Short-term assets $149mLonger-term assets $153m

What it owes, and who funded it · $302m

Short-term liabilities $127mLonger-term liabilities $56mShareholders' equity $119m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $149m of assets due within a year against $127m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $149m short-term assets against $56m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $53m of cash against $29m of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 24% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 3% to 24% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $28m of operating cash flow against $29m of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$36m against $4m of interest.

From Evolv Technologies Holdings, 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

13 /100

Weak moat

How hard Evolv Technologies Holdings's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 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 -16.4% of total assets over 5 years.
Pricing power 4 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 34.2%, moving by 19.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.
Durability 10 / 20

Operating margin has been a median -115.3%; its worst year was -273.2%.
Cash conversion 0 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 0 of 5 years, at a median -54.0% 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 (18 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 Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc.