Extreme Networks Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Extreme Networks Inc had return on equity of 54.6%, an operating margin of 4.9%, debt equal to 186.3% of equity and a current ratio of 0.93. 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.

Extreme Networks Inc: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2010Jun 2010	2011Jul 2011	2012Jun 2012	2013Jun 2013	2014Jun 2014	2015Jun 2015	2016Jun 2016	2017Jun 2017	2018Jun 2018	2019Jun 2019	2020Jun 2020	2021Jun 2021	2022Jun 2022	2023Jun 2023	2024Jun 2024	2025Jun 2025	2026Jun 2026	LTMSept 2026
Gross margin	57.1%	53.8%	55.7%	54.3%	51.5%	50.6%	51.1%	54.5%	54.4%	55.4%	54.6%	58.0%	56.6%	57.5%	56.5%	62.2%	61.5%	61.9%
Operating margin	−0.5%	0.9%	4.3%	3.6%	−9.7%	−11.4%	−5.8%	1.0%	−3.9%	−1.5%	−10.4%	3.4%	5.8%	8.3%	−5.8%	1.5%	4.9%	5.7%
Net margin	0.1%	0.8%	4.9%	3.2%	−11.0%	−13.0%	−7.0%	−0.3%	−4.8%	−2.6%	−13.4%	0.2%	4.0%	5.9%	−7.7%	−0.7%	3.3%	4.0%
Free-cash-flow margin	1.9%	3.3%	2.7%	6.5%	−9.5%	5.5%	4.8%	8.0%	−2.2%	8.3%	2.2%	12.6%	10.1%	17.9%	3.3%	11.2%	7.4%	11.8%
Return on equity	—	1.7%	9.3%	5.2%	−33.1%	−54.9%	−35.2%	−1.5%	−39.3%	−22.6%	—	6.5%	61.1%	75.4%	−121.0%	−16.4%	54.6%	59.5%
Return on assets	—	1.0%	5.7%	3.2%	−13.7%	−15.0%	−9.1%	−0.4%	−7.6%	−3.4%	−14.6%	0.2%	4.3%	7.1%	−7.9%	−0.7%	3.6%	4.2%
Asset turnover	—	1.23	1.16	1.00	1.24	1.16	1.29	1.46	1.60	1.30	1.09	1.01	1.07	1.19	1.02	1.04	1.10	1.06
Current ratio	—	1.58	1.75	1.86	1.23	1.01	1.08	1.40	1.19	1.24	1.04	1.07	0.98	1.00	0.90	0.91	0.93	1.02
Debt to equity	—	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	77.6%	64.2%	54.2%	74.6%	177.4%	155.6%	>999%	636.6%	341.6%	192.7%	751.5%	274.5%	186.3%	227.3%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	n/m	23.6x	185.5x	—	n/m	n/m	n/m	1.5x	n/m	n/m	n/m	1.5x	5.0x	6.2x	n/m	1.1x	4.5x	4.9x
Effective tax rate	—	26.9%	7.0%	14.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	81.0%	15.2%	17.0%	—	—	18.2%	14.8%
R&D as % of revenue	16.0%	14.8%	14.1%	13.5%	14.8%	16.9%	15.1%	15.4%	18.7%	21.1%	22.1%	19.5%	17.1%	16.3%	19.0%	19.4%	18.2%	17.8%
Capital spending as % of revenue	1.7%	1.7%	1.6%	4.3%	4.3%	1.3%	1.0%	1.7%	4.1%	2.3%	1.6%	1.7%	1.4%	1.1%	1.6%	2.2%	2.2%	2.1%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	>999%	408.4%	54.0%	201.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	>999%	254.7%	301.5%	—	—	226.1%	294.9%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	—	0.0%	0.0%	74.2%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	18.2%	145.5%	—	39.9%	42.4%	133.4%	29.8%	91.3%	64.6%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Extreme Networks Inc: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2025 Q2Dec 2024	2025 Q3Mar 2025	2025 Q4Jun 2025	2026 Q1Sept 2025	2026 Q2Dec 2025	2026 Q3Mar 2026	2026 Q4Jun 2026	2027 Q1Sept 2026
Gross margin	62.7%	61.7%	61.6%	60.6%	61.4%	61.7%	62.2%	62.1%
Operating margin	4.5%	3.6%	−0.4%	3.6%	4.1%	5.5%	6.2%	6.8%
Net margin	2.6%	1.2%	−2.5%	1.8%	2.5%	3.3%	5.3%	4.7%
Free-cash-flow margin	5.8%	8.5%	24.5%	−6.7%	13.5%	2.5%	19.3%	11.3%
Current ratio	0.93	0.93	0.91	0.91	0.95	0.91	0.93	1.02
Debt to equity	356.6%	251.5%	271.4%	290.9%	178.1%	249.8%	184.8%	227.3%
R&D as % of revenue	19.6%	19.6%	18.4%	18.6%	18.1%	18.7%	17.6%	17.0%

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

4 of 6 checks passed · September 30, 2026

What it owns · $1.3bn

Short-term assets $671mLonger-term assets $631m

What it owes, and who funded it · $747m

Short-term liabilities $659mShareholders' equity $88m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $671m of assets due within a year against $659m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
More cash than debt $245m of cash against $200m of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 227% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 282% to 227% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $183m of operating cash flow against $200m of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $74m against $15m of interest.

From Extreme Networks 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

58 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Extreme Networks'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 20 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 28.5% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 18 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 56.5%, moving by 2.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 0 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 2.4%; its worst year was -10.2%.
Cash conversion 12 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 7.8% of revenue.
Discipline 13 / 20

The diluted share count rose 3.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 4.1% 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 (63 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 Extreme Networks Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Extreme Networks Inc.