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Frontdoor, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Frontdoor, Inc. had return on equity of 106.0%, a net margin of 12.2%, debt equal to 491.3% of equity and a current ratio of 1.55. 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.

Fiscal year2016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin48.4%49.0%45.5%49.7%48.6%48.9%42.7%49.7%53.8%55.3%55.5%
Net margin12.2%13.8%9.9%11.2%7.6%8.0%4.3%9.6%12.8%12.2%12.8%
Free-cash-flow margin14.1%15.5%12.9%13.0%11.9%9.6%6.1%9.6%12.5%18.6%18.0%
Return on equity22.1%26.2%78.9%————173.6%125.3%106.0%104.2%
Return on assets—11.3%10.2%13.4%8.4%10.3%6.6%15.8%14.7%12.0%12.7%
Asset turnover—0.821.021.191.111.301.551.641.150.990.99
Current ratio—1.050.961.271.550.780.911.101.321.551.59
Debt to equity0.0%1.4%———>999%998.4%439.7%509.6%491.3%413.4%
Effective tax rate36.2%27.3%25.3%25.0%24.8%23.2%23.7%24.9%23.9%24.9%24.6%
SG&A as % of revenue28.0%27.0%26.9%28.7%31.7%31.9%31.3%32.6%33.2%32.0%31.8%
Capital spending as % of revenue1.1%1.3%2.1%1.6%2.2%1.9%2.4%1.8%2.1%1.2%1.1%
Free cash flow ÷ net income116.1%111.9%129.6%116.3%156.3%120.3%143.7%99.4%98.3%152.9%140.9%
Dividends ÷ net income70.2%39.4%109.6%————————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow60.4%35.2%84.6%——66.9%57.8%71.2%69.7%72.6%77.7%

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

3 of 5 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $2.2bn
Short-term assets $692mLonger-term assets $1.5bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $719m
Short-term liabilities $435mShareholders' equity $284m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $692m of assets due within a year against $435m 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 $627m of cash against $1.2bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 408% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 30400% to 408% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $410m of operating cash flow against $1.2bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Frontdoor, 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

77 /100

Strong moat

How hard Frontdoor's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 9 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 21.2% of total assets over 8 years.

  • Pricing power 15 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 48.1%, moving by 3.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.

  • Durability 11 / 20

    Net margin has been a median 10.6%; its worst year was 6.1%.

  • Cash conversion 16 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 8 years, at a median 12.6% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 15.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.4% 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 (82 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 Frontdoor, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Frontdoor, Inc.