Gorman Rupp Co key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Gorman Rupp Co had return on equity of 13.4%, an operating margin of 14.0%, debt equal to 74.9% of equity and a current ratio of 2.37. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 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 | 23.2% | 25.7% | 24.4% | 24.0% | 23.9% | 24.7% | 22.8% | 24.2% | 26.7% | 26.5% | 25.8% | 25.7% | 25.3% | 25.1% | 29.8% | 31.0% | 30.6% | 32.5% |
| Operating margin | 9.9% | 13.1% | 12.0% | 11.2% | 10.7% | 12.3% | 9.0% | 9.5% | 11.0% | 12.2% | 11.0% | 10.2% | 10.4% | 7.7% | 13.2% | 13.9% | 14.0% | 16.1% |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 8.7% | 8.0% | 7.5% | 7.7% | 8.3% | 6.2% | 6.5% | 7.0% | 9.6% | 9.0% | 7.2% | 7.9% | 2.1% | 5.3% | 6.1% | 7.8% | 10.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.4% | 6.9% | 2.8% | 4.3% | 7.5% | 3.6% | 8.0% | 12.2% | 9.4% | 7.3% | 12.9% | 12.4% | 9.4% | −0.8% | 11.7% | 8.4% | 13.0% | 15.3% |
| Return on equity | 10.3% | 13.8% | 13.9% | 12.5% | 12.1% | 13.2% | 8.8% | 8.4% | 8.5% | 12.9% | 11.9% | 8.1% | 9.2% | 3.4% | 10.3% | 11.1% | 13.4% | 16.8% |
| Return on assets | — | 9.1% | 9.8% | 8.9% | 8.7% | 9.8% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 6.8% | 10.5% | 9.5% | 6.5% | 7.3% | 1.7% | 4.0% | 4.6% | 6.2% | 8.5% |
| Asset turnover | — | 1.04 | 1.23 | 1.19 | 1.13 | 1.18 | 1.09 | 1.02 | 0.98 | 1.09 | 1.06 | 0.90 | 0.93 | 0.81 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.79 | 0.83 |
| Current ratio | — | 2.40 | 3.06 | 2.71 | 3.12 | 3.12 | 4.36 | 4.13 | 4.99 | 4.31 | 5.00 | 6.41 | 5.29 | 2.65 | 2.35 | 2.52 | 2.37 | 2.70 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 12.5% | 4.7% | 9.4% | 3.4% | 4.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 135.3% | 118.4% | 99.2% | 74.9% | 54.8% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.1x | 2.1x | 2.7x | 4.1x | 6.0x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | 32.5% | 33.6% | 32.0% | 32.7% | 32.6% | 31.8% | 32.6% | 20.5% | 20.7% | 19.4% | 19.9% | 19.3% | 20.5% | 20.6% | 23.3% | 22.7% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 13.3% | 12.6% | 12.5% | 12.8% | 13.2% | 12.5% | 13.8% | 14.2% | 14.6% | 14.3% | 14.8% | 15.1% | 14.8% | 16.0% | 14.7% | 15.2% | 14.9% | 14.7% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 14.3% | 2.8% | 3.1% | 4.4% | 5.4% | 3.1% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 2.6% | 2.7% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 2.2% | 2.5% | 2.7% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 63.8% | 78.3% | 34.6% | 57.7% | 97.6% | 43.5% | 129.1% | 187.1% | 133.7% | 75.7% | 143.1% | 171.4% | 119.6% | −38.4% | 221.4% | 138.4% | 167.6% | 149.7% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42.2% | 45.1% | 46.2% | 33.3% | 40.1% | 61.1% | 55.6% | 159.6% | 52.8% | 47.4% | 36.9% | 27.2% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | 3.1% | 0.0% | — | — | — | 46.8% | 24.1% | 34.5% | 44.0% | 33.1% | 36.5% | 50.0% | — | 25.2% | 34.7% | 23.3% | 20.6% |
| 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 | 30.2% | 30.7% | 31.3% | 29.2% | 31.4% | 32.5% | 32.6% | 33.4% |
| Operating margin | 13.0% | 13.5% | 15.0% | 12.4% | 14.9% | 15.6% | 16.3% | 17.5% |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 7.4% | 8.8% | 6.6% | 8.3% | 10.1% | 10.4% | 11.8% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.2% | 11.0% | 13.9% | 20.7% | 6.1% | 10.0% | 19.8% | 23.6% |
| Current ratio | 2.52 | 2.42 | 2.39 | 2.08 | 2.37 | 2.93 | 2.81 | 2.70 |
| Debt to equity | 98.1% | 92.2% | 84.7% | 79.5% | 74.2% | 68.8% | 62.3% | 54.3% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 15.4% | 15.3% | 14.5% | 15.0% | 14.7% | 15.2% | 14.6% | 14.3% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $261m of assets due within a year against $97m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $261m short-term assets against $321m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $59m of cash against $250m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 54% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 0% to 54% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $130m of operating cash flow against $250m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $117m against $19m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Gorman Rupp'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 15 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 11.6% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 9 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 26.5%, moving by 2.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 12 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 11.5%; its worst year was 7.7%.
- Cash conversion 14 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 8.2% of revenue.
- Discipline 16 / 20
The diluted share count rose 1.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.6% 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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