Franklin Wireless Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Franklin Wireless Corp had return on equity of -14.9% and a net margin of -13.0%. 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.

Franklin Wireless Corp: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2011Jun 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
Net margin	9.8%	−0.5%	0.5%	−3.1%	1.6%	2.7%	1.8%	−7.0%	−3.5%	7.4%	9.6%	−15.7%	−6.2%	−12.9%	−0.5%	−13.0%
Return on equity	24.0%	−0.7%	1.0%	−6.1%	4.9%	9.8%	5.0%	−12.2%	−8.3%	31.6%	54.4%	−8.8%	−7.2%	−10.7%	−0.7%	−14.9%
Return on assets	18.8%	−0.5%	0.6%	−4.3%	3.2%	5.7%	2.7%	−7.3%	−5.5%	12.8%	28.7%	−6.9%	−5.3%	−7.6%	−0.5%	−9.7%
Effective tax rate	43.6%	—	—	—	−9.1%	1.6%	32.7%	—	—	18.9%	21.5%	—	—	—	—	—
R&D as % of revenue	5.3%	6.6%	8.5%	9.0%	6.3%	5.0%	7.1%	11.2%	8.1%	5.0%	2.5%	17.8%	8.5%	11.1%	8.9%	8.9%
SG&A as % of revenue	18.7%	24.3%	14.1%	14.6%	10.7%	8.1%	10.1%	15.0%	13.4%	4.9%	2.8%	18.8%	11.9%	19.6%	14.5%	15.6%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Franklin Wireless Corp: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2025 Q1Sept 2024	2025 Q2Dec 2024	2025 Q3Mar 2025	2025 Q4Jun 2025	2026 Q1Sept 2025	2026 Q2Dec 2025	2026 Q3Mar 2026	2026 Q4Jun 2026
Net margin	3.9%	1.3%	−8.1%	−4.9%	5.0%	4.5%	−45.2%	−51.9%
R&D as % of revenue	7.7%	5.2%	9.9%	19.6%	7.5%	6.5%	23.7%	8.2%
SG&A as % of revenue	10.7%	8.5%	31.5%	17.5%	10.7%	10.1%	36.3%	22.3%

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 2 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $46m

Short-term assets $40mLonger-term assets $6m

What it owes, and who funded it · $45m

Short-term liabilities $15mLonger-term liabilities $1mShareholders' equity $29m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $40m of assets due within a year against $15m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $40m short-term assets against $717,561 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.

From Franklin Wireless 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

45 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Franklin Wireless'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 9.2% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 8 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 17.2%, moving by 2.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 10 / 20

Operating margin has been a median -6.0%; its worst year was -20.7%.
Cash conversion 5 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 10 years, at a median -0.4% of revenue.
Discipline 16 / 20

The diluted share count rose 1.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.1% 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 (50 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 Franklin Wireless 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 Franklin Wireless Corp.