Getty Realty Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Getty Realty Corp had return on equity of 7.8%, an operating margin of 57.2% and debt equal to 93.3% of equity. 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.

Getty Realty Corp: financial ratios, annual
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
Operating margin	54.8%	58.4%	14.9%	24.1%	37.9%	28.9%	30.1%	47.2%	47.0%	49.5%	47.5%	51.3%	55.6%	70.8%	49.0%	54.0%	57.2%	63.5%
Net margin	55.9%	66.0%	13.3%	13.0%	68.1%	23.4%	33.8%	33.3%	39.3%	35.1%	35.4%	47.1%	40.4%	54.4%	32.4%	34.9%	35.7%	42.4%
Free-cash-flow margin	−3.3%	66.8%	−41.8%	12.2%	−22.9%	12.0%	−153.3%	31.7%	49.0%	46.0%	54.6%	56.0%	55.7%	—	56.5%	63.7%	57.3%	57.9%
Return on equity	22.7%	19.8%	3.6%	3.3%	17.8%	5.7%	9.2%	9.2%	9.6%	8.4%	8.5%	11.1%	8.9%	12.0%	7.0%	7.4%	7.8%	8.7%
Return on assets	—	12.2%	2.4%	2.0%	10.6%	3.4%	4.7%	4.3%	4.8%	4.3%	4.2%	5.4%	4.5%	5.9%	3.6%	3.7%	3.8%	4.3%
Asset turnover	—	0.19	0.18	0.15	0.16	0.15	0.14	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.10
Debt to equity	0.0%	0.0%	—	46.9%	0.0%	24.7%	43.0%	69.6%	68.6%	76.6%	79.7%	83.4%	78.5%	91.5%	79.5%	94.3%	93.3%	93.9%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	9.1x	9.1x	2.7x	2.3x	3.3x	2.9x	2.3x	3.3x	3.2x	3.0x	2.7x	2.9x	3.5x	4.2x	2.9x	2.8x	2.7x	3.1x
Capital spending as % of revenue	65.7%	6.0%	106.6%	4.3%	65.3%	17.3%	198.2%	0.3%	0.4%	2.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%	—	0.2%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	−5.9%	101.2%	−314.5%	94.3%	−33.6%	51.2%	−454.0%	95.2%	124.7%	131.2%	154.4%	119.0%	137.7%	—	174.5%	182.4%	160.4%	136.6%
Dividends ÷ net income	99.5%	101.2%	509.3%	67.5%	34.9%	122.4%	94.0%	94.3%	83.3%	105.9%	114.4%	90.3%	112.6%	86.9%	144.6%	141.0%	137.2%	116.7%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	—	100.0%	—	71.6%	—	239.0%	—	99.1%	66.8%	80.7%	74.1%	75.9%	81.8%	—	82.8%	77.3%	85.5%	85.4%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Getty Realty 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
Operating margin	61.6%	50.5%	46.7%	62.5%	67.3%	66.1%	59.1%	61.7%
Net margin	42.1%	28.3%	26.3%	42.0%	44.7%	46.0%	38.2%	40.7%
Free-cash-flow margin	67.7%	54.7%	64.9%	54.7%	55.2%	57.2%	70.5%	49.3%
Debt to equity	94.0%	93.8%	93.6%	92.3%	92.8%	91.2%	95.1%	93.5%

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

0 of 5 checks passed · September 30, 2026

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities The company doesn't report a short-term split. Not assessable.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
More cash than debt $9m of cash against $1.2bn of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 93% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 83% to 93% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $140m of operating cash flow against $1.2bn of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $153m against $50m of interest.

From Getty Realty 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

66 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Getty Realty'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 4 / 20

Net income has been a median 4.1% of total assets over 10 years.
Durability 20 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 53.2%; its worst year was 45.6%.
Cash conversion 19 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 9 years, at a median 55.7% of revenue.
Discipline 10 / 20

The diluted share count rose 36.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 2.4% 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 Getty Realty 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 Getty Realty Corp.