Guardant Health, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Guardant Health, Inc. had an operating margin of -44.5% and a current ratio of 4.84. 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 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59.7% | 60.8% | 64.5% | 65.0% |
| Operating margin | −173.7% | −153.7% | −102.5% | −38.4% | −88.9% | −110.0% | −121.1% | −100.1% | −60.0% | −44.5% | −39.7% |
| Net margin | −182.7% | −167.0% | −93.8% | −35.3% | −88.5% | −103.0% | −145.6% | −85.0% | −59.0% | −42.4% | −38.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −152.4% | −158.3% | −101.9% | −30.7% | −48.9% | −76.0% | −86.1% | −61.3% | −37.2% | −23.7% | −20.3% |
| Return on equity | −57.9% | −42.9% | −21.5% | −11.8% | −24.2% | −39.6% | −185.7% | — | — | — | — |
| Return on assets | — | −24.3% | −18.3% | −9.8% | −15.7% | −17.2% | −34.3% | −28.2% | −26.7% | −23.8% | −23.1% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.33 | 0.45 | 0.56 | 0.60 |
| Current ratio | — | 12.38 | 9.99 | 8.21 | 28.27 | 5.72 | 6.17 | 6.54 | 4.68 | 4.84 | 4.03 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 62.1% | 175.9% | >999% | 718.4% | — | — | — |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m |
| R&D as % of revenue | 43.0% | 51.3% | 56.0% | 40.3% | 52.3% | 70.4% | 83.2% | 65.1% | 47.1% | 37.1% | 31.8% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 7.0% | 13.4% | 22.3% | 8.7% | 12.6% | 20.1% | 17.2% | 3.6% | 4.7% | 4.9% | 4.7% |
| 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 | 61.1% | 61.6% | 63.3% | 65.0% | 64.7% | 64.6% | 65.2% | 65.4% |
| Operating margin | −61.3% | −62.4% | −54.6% | −45.9% | −37.3% | −43.0% | −40.2% | −38.5% |
| Net margin | −56.3% | −55.0% | −46.8% | −43.0% | −35.0% | −45.7% | −37.2% | −35.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −28.9% | −41.3% | −33.0% | −28.4% | −17.3% | −19.3% | −23.6% | −20.8% |
| Current ratio | 6.22 | 4.68 | 4.11 | 3.71 | 3.50 | 4.84 | 4.68 | 4.03 |
| R&D as % of revenue | 45.6% | 46.4% | 43.5% | 37.7% | 33.9% | 34.9% | 30.2% | 28.8% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.4bn of assets due within a year against $339m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.4bn short-term assets against $1.8bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $1.1bn of cash against $1.5bn 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 −$185m of operating cash flow against $1.5bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$470m against $5m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Guardant Health'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 0 / 20
Net income has been a median -25.7% of total assets over 8 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -79.4%; its worst year was -127.4%.
- Cash conversion 0 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 0 of 8 years, at a median -51.2% of revenue.
- Discipline 0 / 20
The diluted share count rose 28.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 16.6% 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 (12 before it).
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