Graham Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2026, Graham Corp had return on equity of 9.6% and a net margin of 5.1%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Mar 2010 | 2011Mar 2011 | 2012Mar 2012 | 2013Mar 2013 | 2014Mar 2014 | 2015Mar 2015 | 2016Mar 2016 | 2017Mar 2017 | 2018Mar 2018 | 2019Mar 2019 | 2020Mar 2020 | 2021Mar 2021 | 2022Mar 2022 | 2023Mar 2023 | 2024Mar 2024 | 2025Mar 2025 | 2026Mar 2026 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 10.2% | 7.9% | 10.2% | 10.6% | 9.9% | 10.9% | 6.8% | 5.5% | −12.7% | −0.3% | 2.1% | 2.4% | −7.1% | 0.2% | 2.5% | 5.8% | 5.1% | 4.5% |
| Return on equity | 9.2% | 8.2% | 13.6% | 12.8% | 10.2% | 13.2% | 5.4% | 4.5% | −9.1% | −0.3% | 1.9% | 2.4% | −9.0% | 0.4% | 4.5% | 10.9% | 9.6% | 7.1% |
| Return on assets | — | 5.0% | 9.1% | 9.2% | 7.6% | 10.0% | 4.1% | 3.4% | −6.7% | −0.2% | 1.2% | 1.6% | −5.3% | 0.2% | 2.1% | 4.9% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| Effective tax rate | 36.8% | 32.9% | 36.7% | 28.4% | 31.0% | 32.3% | 29.8% | 28.7% | — | — | 19.0% | 27.3% | — | 34.6% | 18.3% | 20.6% | 15.3% | 15.2% |
| R&D as % of revenue | — | 3.5% | 3.1% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 2.7% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 4.1% | 3.9% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.6% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 19.4% | 17.5% | 14.8% | 15.6% | 16.6% | 13.5% | 18.1% | 15.9% | 20.0% | 19.5% | 18.6% | 17.9% | 16.6% | 14.7% | 17.4% | 17.7% | 16.9% | 17.1% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 12.4% | 13.4% | 7.5% | 8.1% | 12.9% | 13.7% | 53.8% | 69.5% | — | — | 227.0% | 185.0% | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $198m of assets due within a year against $161m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $198m short-term assets against $11m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $27m of cash against $0 of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 0% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 17% to 0% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt No debt to cover.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over No material interest expense reported.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Graham'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 1 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 2.8% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 6 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 22.4%, moving by 4.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 2.9%; its worst year was -4.6%.
- Cash conversion 7 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 10 years, at a median 1.2% of revenue.
- Discipline 12 / 20
The diluted share count rose 12.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.9% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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