Firefly Aerospace Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Firefly Aerospace Inc. had return on equity of -141.3%, an operating margin of -163.1%, debt equal to 24.3% of equity and a current ratio of 4.51. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 48.2% | −18.7% | 19.2% | 22.9% |
| Operating margin | −238.8% | −344.5% | −163.1% | −118.0% |
| Net margin | −245.2% | −380.2% | −186.6% | −126.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −309.0% | −313.1% | −148.7% | −113.8% |
| Return on equity | — | — | −141.3% | −30.1% |
| Return on assets | — | −56.7% | −26.7% | −21.0% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.17 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.01 | 4.51 | 2.73 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | 24.3% | 2.2% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m |
| R&D as % of revenue | 213.4% | 245.9% | 125.2% | 85.5% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 73.5% | 77.1% | 57.1% | 55.4% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 139.9% | 53.8% | 20.5% | 21.6% |
| 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 | 34.7% | — | 4.0% | 25.7% | 27.6% | 27.7% | 21.6% | 20.3% |
| Operating margin | −152.9% | −854.7% | −104.8% | −349.5% | −202.1% | −148.4% | −118.3% | −80.9% |
| Net margin | −182.3% | −931.1% | −107.6% | −410.2% | −433.5% | −71.2% | −119.5% | −78.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −200.2% | −475.0% | −106.0% | −239.7% | −201.3% | −137.5% | −97.5% | −90.3% |
| Current ratio | — | 1.01 | — | 1.59 | 6.20 | 4.51 | 2.53 | 2.73 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | — | — | 2.4% | 24.2% | 2.4% | 2.2% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 133.5% | 470.0% | 86.0% | 294.4% | 158.4% | 99.8% | 83.5% | 60.8% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 46.1% | 162.4% | 22.8% | 80.8% | 71.2% | 76.3% | 56.4% | 40.4% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $799m of assets due within a year against $293m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $799m short-term assets against $123m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $460m of cash against $27m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 2% of equity.
- 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 −$264m of operating cash flow against $27m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$339m against $8m of interest.
Moat
Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Low.
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