Glaukos Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Glaukos Corp had return on equity of -26.4%, an operating margin of -39.3%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 4.69. 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.

Glaukos Corp: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMSept 2026
Gross margin	87.9%	75.0%	81.9%	85.9%	86.8%	86.2%	83.7%	59.2%	77.3%	75.6%	76.0%	75.5%	55.7%	64.8%
Operating margin	−67.8%	−28.9%	−14.4%	3.7%	−1.4%	−7.2%	−21.2%	−54.9%	−11.2%	−29.1%	−40.9%	−31.9%	−39.3%	−25.5%
Net margin	−60.3%	−26.6%	−51.9%	4.0%	−0.1%	−7.1%	6.5%	−53.5%	−16.9%	−35.1%	−42.8%	−38.2%	−37.0%	−24.6%
Free-cash-flow margin	−67.6%	−17.5%	−4.3%	5.3%	12.4%	4.7%	−2.1%	−13.3%	−7.8%	−22.4%	−24.8%	−17.6%	−4.4%	5.2%
Return on equity	—	—	—	4.3%	−0.1%	−8.3%	3.6%	−18.0%	−7.9%	−17.8%	−27.2%	−23.8%	−26.4%	−24.7%
Return on assets	—	−46.6%	−52.2%	3.6%	−0.1%	−6.9%	3.0%	−13.2%	−4.8%	−9.7%	−13.9%	−15.3%	−20.1%	−18.1%
Asset turnover	—	1.75	1.00	0.91	1.06	0.97	0.46	0.25	0.29	0.28	0.32	0.40	0.54	0.74
Current ratio	—	0.52	5.11	7.09	5.58	5.81	4.56	9.45	7.67	6.13	5.34	5.99	4.69	4.57
Debt to equity	—	—	10.2%	2.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	28.4%	47.7%	53.1%	61.2%	7.4%	0.0%	0.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	—	—	—	—	—	—	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m
Effective tax rate	—	—	—	0.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
R&D as % of revenue	74.1%	42.1%	34.9%	25.5%	24.4%	27.4%	28.8%	38.0%	34.4%	43.6%	44.1%	35.6%	29.7%	29.2%
SG&A as % of revenue	81.6%	61.7%	61.3%	56.6%	60.4%	65.9%	74.5%	76.2%	61.0%	68.2%	71.2%	68.1%	65.4%	63.0%
Capital spending as % of revenue	4.1%	1.9%	1.2%	5.5%	4.0%	5.7%	2.0%	3.1%	16.3%	10.7%	6.4%	1.6%	1.5%	1.7%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	—	—	—	133.4%	—	—	−33.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Glaukos Corp: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Mar 2026	2026 Q2Jun 2026	2026 Q3Sept 2026
Gross margin	72.9%	77.2%	78.3%	78.4%	−1.1%	77.9%	81.7%	85.2%
Operating margin	−27.2%	−19.4%	−18.3%	−12.3%	−97.7%	−13.2%	−9.3%	0.4%
Net margin	−31.8%	−17.0%	−15.8%	−12.2%	−93.4%	−13.1%	−9.9%	1.0%
Free-cash-flow margin	−1.2%	−19.2%	4.7%	−8.8%	2.7%	−10.9%	6.5%	17.3%
Current ratio	5.99	6.49	5.51	5.20	4.69	5.43	5.04	4.57
R&D as % of revenue	34.6%	30.3%	29.4%	20.1%	52.4%	29.3%	27.6%	14.7%
SG&A as % of revenue	65.4%	66.3%	67.2%	62.2%	66.2%	61.7%	62.5%	62.0%

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 3 checks passed · September 30, 2026

What it owns · $980m

Short-term assets $580mLonger-term assets $400m

What it owes, and who funded it · $980m

Short-term liabilities $127mLonger-term liabilities $136mShareholders' equity $717m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $580m of assets due within a year against $127m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $580m short-term assets against $136m 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 Operating income of −$176m against $5m of interest.

From Glaukos Corp'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

28 /100

Weak moat

How hard Glaukos'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 0 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 1.9% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 14 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 76.5%, moving by 8.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 10 / 20

Operating margin has been a median -18.4%; its worst year was -40.8%.
Cash conversion 4 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 4 of 10 years, at a median -3.0% of revenue.
Discipline 0 / 20

The diluted share count rose 26.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 13.1% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

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 Glaukos Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Glaukos Corp.