FOX Factory Holding Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, FOX Factory Holding Corp had return on equity of -58.2%, an operating margin of -35.6%, debt equal to 79.2% of equity and a current ratio of 2.86. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Jan 2020 | 2020Jan 2021 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Jan 2025 | 2025Jan 2026 | LTMJul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 26.6% | 29.4% | 30.8% | 30.5% | 31.4% | 32.5% | 33.2% | 32.3% | 32.5% | 33.3% | 33.2% | 31.7% | 30.4% | 30.2% | 29.5% |
| Operating margin | 11.4% | 11.1% | 14.2% | 11.3% | 9.6% | 11.3% | 14.1% | 15.3% | 15.0% | 12.8% | 15.2% | 15.4% | 10.9% | 4.1% | −35.6% | −18.3% |
| Net margin | 6.8% | 6.0% | 8.8% | 9.0% | 6.8% | 8.9% | 9.1% | 13.6% | 12.4% | 10.2% | 12.6% | 12.8% | 8.3% | 0.5% | −37.1% | −20.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.1% | 5.3% | 6.9% | 9.2% | 5.2% | 6.7% | 6.6% | 5.7% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 0.6% | 8.9% | 9.0% | 6.3% | 1.8% | 0.9% |
| Return on equity | 20.1% | 29.3% | 39.6% | 25.0% | 17.8% | 21.2% | 20.5% | 30.2% | 25.0% | 15.9% | 20.3% | 20.4% | 10.3% | 0.5% | −58.2% | −44.7% |
| Return on assets | — | 10.0% | 16.1% | 13.3% | 9.3% | 11.6% | 11.3% | 18.5% | 17.0% | 9.6% | 11.7% | 13.1% | 6.3% | 0.3% | −27.9% | −18.1% |
| Asset turnover | — | 1.66 | 1.82 | 1.47 | 1.37 | 1.31 | 1.25 | 1.36 | 1.37 | 0.94 | 0.93 | 1.02 | 0.76 | 0.62 | 0.75 | 0.89 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.63 | 1.90 | 1.79 | 1.78 | 2.10 | 2.40 | 2.40 | 3.07 | 3.52 | 3.15 | 3.08 | 3.46 | 2.80 | 2.86 | 3.10 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 200.4% | 8.7% | 38.8% | 31.0% | 36.3% | 27.0% | 18.6% | 16.1% | 54.9% | 42.8% | 17.8% | 31.5% | 46.7% | 79.2% | 76.8% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 11.4x | 7.5x | 9.4x | 34.7x | 22.8x | 21.8x | 28.0x | 30.9x | 35.6x | 12.3x | 24.1x | 27.6x | 8.3x | 1.0x | n/m | n/m |
| Effective tax rate | 34.3% | 36.5% | 30.5% | 19.3% | 27.1% | 17.2% | 32.8% | 6.1% | 13.0% | 12.2% | 13.0% | 12.2% | 12.8% | — | — | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | 4.9% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 4.4% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 4.7% | 4.9% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.6% | 2.1% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.5% | 4.9% | 7.1% | 6.4% | 4.2% | 2.7% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 2.3% | 1.6% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 132.7% | 87.5% | 77.5% | 102.1% | 76.7% | 75.2% | 72.6% | 41.9% | 22.9% | 28.4% | 5.1% | 69.9% | 109.1% | >999% | — | — |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | 471.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | 538.9% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 27.4% | 29.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 19.0% | 28.5% | 0.0% | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Jan 2025 | 2025 Q1Apr 2025 | 2025 Q2Jul 2025 | 2025 Q3Oct 2025 | 2025 Q4Jan 2026 | 2026 Q1Apr 2026 | 2026 Q2Jul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 29.9% | 28.9% | 30.9% | 31.2% | 30.4% | 28.3% | 28.9% | 30.6% |
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 3.2% | −70.6% | 4.9% | 4.0% | −84.7% | 1.6% | 4.9% |
| Net margin | 1.3% | −0.0% | −73.1% | 0.7% | −0.2% | −79.5% | −4.1% | 1.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.9% | 19.8% | −1.8% | 6.5% | −0.6% | 3.1% | −5.8% | 7.0% |
| Current ratio | 3.21 | 2.80 | 3.18 | 3.03 | 2.98 | 2.86 | 2.99 | 3.10 |
| Debt to equity | 46.7% | 46.0% | 58.2% | 56.5% | 56.1% | 78.1% | 77.8% | 75.7% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 4.5% | 4.2% | 4.8% | 4.8% | 4.9% | 4.4% | 5.0% | 5.2% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $764m of assets due within a year against $246m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $764m short-term assets against $724m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $61m of cash against $505m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 76% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 40% to 76% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $37m of operating cash flow against $505m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$267m against $50m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard FOX Factory Holding'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 16 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 12.2% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 12 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 32.5%, moving by 1.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 4 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 13.7%; its worst year was -18.3%.
- Cash conversion 11 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 6.8% of revenue.
- Discipline 17 / 20
The diluted share count fell 0.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.0% 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 (59 before it).
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