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Groupon, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Groupon, Inc. had a net margin of -16.8%. 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.

Groupon, Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin−124.5%−17.4%−2.3%−3.7%−2.4%0.7%−6.5%0.5%−0.4%−1.0%−20.3%12.3%−39.7%−10.8%−12.0%−16.8%−25.3%
Return on equity—−79.5%−7.6%−13.1%−9.9%3.4%−53.0%5.4%−3.5%−5.8%−114.8%74.7%—————
Return on assets<−999%−31.5%−2.9%−4.7%−3.4%1.0%−10.9%0.8%−0.7%−1.4%−19.2%9.2%−24.4%−8.1%−10.0%−13.0%−19.8%
Effective tax rate———————20.9%———−36.7%—————
SG&A as % of revenue62.8%51.0%50.5%47.1%39.2%37.2%33.2%31.7%33.0%36.4%42.6%52.8%80.4%68.1%60.0%54.9%55.1%

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

1 of 5 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $600m
Short-term assets $308mLonger-term assets $292m
What it owes, and who funded it · $672m
Short-term liabilities $390mLonger-term liabilities $282mShareholders' equity $-72m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $308m of assets due within a year against $390m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $308m short-term assets against $282m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $226m of cash against $307m 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 $44m of operating cash flow against $307m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $5m against $14m of interest.

From Groupon, Inc.'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

53 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Groupon'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 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 22.1% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 12 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 73.0%, moving by 19.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -0.7%; its worst year was -19.3%.

  • Cash conversion 8 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 10 years, at a median 1.5% of revenue.

  • Discipline 9 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 47.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 3.2% 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 (58 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 Groupon, Inc.'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 Groupon, Inc.