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Futurefuel Corp. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Futurefuel Corp. had return on equity of -26.8%, an operating margin of -55.3%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 6.12. 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.

Futurefuel Corp.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin17.7%18.8%20.3%16.9%23.0%21.8%24.3%18.5%7.4%25.2%36.1%15.3%7.3%7.3%11.1%8.1%−41.2%−11.1%
Operating margin12.8%14.7%16.9%13.6%20.7%18.5%20.0%14.4%3.6%21.8%31.8%10.9%4.0%4.4%7.4%2.6%−55.3%−20.8%
Net margin8.7%10.5%11.3%10.1%17.0%17.6%19.8%22.3%8.5%18.3%43.0%22.8%8.2%3.8%10.2%6.4%−51.6%−19.9%
Free-cash-flow margin1.4%3.7%8.9%16.5%10.1%14.5%13.8%34.2%13.0%27.7%13.5%45.0%13.3%12.0%4.1%4.2%−48.0%−33.2%
Return on equity8.9%10.4%12.8%12.5%25.1%15.5%12.3%15.5%6.9%14.4%20.6%11.1%7.9%5.3%12.6%6.0%−26.8%−19.4%
Return on assets—6.7%9.5%9.3%19.2%12.1%9.8%11.1%4.9%11.9%16.7%9.1%6.7%4.3%10.3%5.0%−22.1%−14.7%
Asset turnover—0.640.840.921.130.690.490.500.580.650.390.400.821.131.020.790.430.74
Current ratio—4.886.775.907.016.367.412.818.809.185.8110.397.304.887.034.956.124.06
Debt to equity0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)————————57.5x——147.9x98.5x137.1x198.3x46.2xn/mn/m
Effective tax rate33.2%32.4%34.6%37.5%24.0%21.0%10.5%−38.1%−41.2%11.7%−10.5%−46.5%—−10.7%0.0%4.9%——
R&D as % of revenue2.1%1.6%1.2%1.0%0.8%1.0%1.2%1.1%1.3%1.2%1.6%1.5%1.1%0.9%1.2%1.6%4.0%2.0%
SG&A as % of revenue4.9%4.2%3.3%——————————2.0%2.5%3.8%10.1%7.7%
Capital spending as % of revenue11.9%4.4%7.6%2.7%4.3%2.7%3.1%1.8%1.3%1.7%3.4%2.2%0.5%1.2%1.6%6.0%18.0%13.8%
Free cash flow ÷ net income16.0%35.4%78.9%162.6%59.3%82.4%69.8%153.5%152.1%151.9%31.4%197.4%162.4%313.4%40.9%65.4%——
Dividends ÷ net income49.8%134.5%47.1%194.0%40.4%39.3%22.6%18.6%470.8%19.7%11.9%304.4%456.7%69.0%28.1%773.5%——
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow310.8%380.2%59.7%119.3%68.1%47.7%32.4%12.1%309.5%13.0%37.9%154.2%281.3%22.0%68.8%>999%——

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

2 of 3 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $215m
Short-term assets $116mLonger-term assets $99m
What it owes, and who funded it · $215m
Short-term liabilities $29mLonger-term liabilities $33mShareholders' equity $153m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $116m of assets due within a year against $29m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $116m short-term assets against $33m 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 Operating income of −$32m against $150,000 of interest.

From Futurefuel Corp.'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

40 /100

Weak moat

How hard Futurefuel'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 9 / 20

    Net income has been a median 6.6% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 0 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 8.0%, moving by 15.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 2 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 8.6%; its worst year was -21.9%.

  • Cash conversion 13 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 10.5% of revenue.

  • Discipline 17 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 0.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.5% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

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 Futurefuel Corp.'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 Futurefuel Corp.