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Global Industrial Co key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Global Industrial Co had return on equity of 24.3% and a net margin of 5.2%. 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 year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin1.5%1.2%1.5%−4.3%5.1%25.1%5.1%6.4%9.7%6.8%5.5%4.6%5.2%6.1%
Return on equity—10.4%12.6%−9.8%19.0%128.6%31.0%46.3%79.3%43.3%30.4%22.7%24.3%26.6%
Return on assets—4.8%6.1%−4.5%7.2%41.6%10.5%16.9%26.5%18.3%14.6%11.8%13.1%14.4%
Effective tax rate36.8%35.6%30.9%40.0%−44.0%21.3%24.4%23.7%20.0%24.8%25.7%23.9%26.2%26.5%
SG&A as % of revenue11.7%11.6%12.4%30.0%28.7%27.3%27.5%26.5%26.9%27.1%26.6%28.2%28.5%28.3%
Dividends ÷ net income59.8%0.0%0.0%—32.2%48.6%539.4%205.4%60.5%35.0%43.3%63.0%55.9%48.0%

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

2 of 2 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $628m
Short-term assets $449mLonger-term assets $179m
What it owes, and who funded it · $628m
Short-term liabilities $200mLonger-term liabilities $85mShareholders' equity $343m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $449m of assets due within a year against $200m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $449m short-term assets against $85m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • 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 Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Global Industrial Co'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

54 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Global Industrial'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 18 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 13.6% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 8 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 34.4%, moving by 6.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 5 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 7.0%; its worst year was 1.8%.

  • Cash conversion 12 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 4.7% of revenue.

  • Discipline 16 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 1.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% 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 (59 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 Global Industrial Co'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 Global Industrial Co.