Godaddy Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Godaddy Inc. had return on equity of 192.9% and a net margin of 17.7%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | −0.9% | 6.1% | 2.9% | 4.6% | −14.9% | 6.4% | 8.6% | 32.3% | 20.5% | 17.7% | 18.6% |
| Return on equity | −2.9% | 26.0% | 12.1% | 17.5% | −130.4% | — | — | — | — | 192.9% | — |
| Return on assets | −0.4% | 2.9% | 1.3% | 2.2% | −7.8% | 3.5% | 4.9% | 18.9% | 11.9% | 10.8% | 12.1% |
| Effective tax rate | — | −17.7% | −12.3% | −9.5% | — | 4.3% | 1.0% | — | −22.4% | 14.2% | 21.5% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.9bn of assets due within a year against $3.2bn 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 $1.1bn of cash against $3.8bn of debt.
- 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 $1.8bn of operating cash flow against $3.8bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.3bn against $150m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Godaddy'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 4 / 20
Net income has been a median 4.0% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 9 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 11.7%; its worst year was 5.1%.
- Cash conversion 20 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 9 years, at a median 21.7% 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 (55 before it).
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