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Healthcare Services Group Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Healthcare Services Group Inc had return on equity of 11.7%, a net margin of 3.2%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 3.38. 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 year2016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin14.3%13.5%11.7%12.4%15.2%14.0%11.4%12.8%13.3%13.0%16.1%
Net margin5.0%4.7%4.2%3.5%5.6%3.0%2.0%2.3%2.3%3.2%5.6%
Free-cash-flow margin2.3%0.1%3.7%4.8%12.1%1.9%−0.8%2.3%1.4%7.6%5.7%
Return on equity22.8%23.9%19.9%14.3%21.2%10.6%7.9%8.8%8.3%11.7%20.1%
Return on assets14.6%14.7%12.2%9.1%13.1%6.2%4.6%5.1%5.0%7.4%12.8%
Asset turnover2.963.092.932.602.342.102.252.212.152.302.29
Current ratio4.112.863.113.473.532.862.692.642.893.382.82
Debt to equity0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.0%5.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Effective tax rate35.7%33.6%16.4%24.1%23.6%25.9%23.1%27.6%25.4%13.0%18.0%
SG&A as % of revenue6.7%6.8%6.8%8.1%8.6%10.5%8.3%10.0%10.7%10.4%10.1%
Capital spending as % of revenue0.3%0.3%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.4%0.3%0.3%
Free cash flow ÷ net income46.5%2.5%89.9%138.1%215.7%64.7%−39.1%99.2%62.0%235.6%101.7%
Dividends ÷ net income68.9%62.6%68.5%91.3%61.5%128.2%185.1%0.0%0.0%——
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow148.3%>999%76.2%66.1%28.5%266.6%—29.6%20.5%44.3%71.5%

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

1 of 1 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $850m
Short-term assets $583mLonger-term assets $268m
What it owes, and who funded it · $738m
Short-term liabilities $206mShareholders' equity $531m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $583m of assets due within a year against $206m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • 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 Healthcare Services Group 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 Healthcare Services Group'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 16 / 20

    Net income has been a median 9.7% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 8 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 12.6%, moving by 1.7 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.

  • Durability 5 / 20

    Net margin has been a median 3.8%; its worst year was 1.4%.

  • Cash conversion 11 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 4.0% of revenue.

  • Discipline 19 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 6.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.5% 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 Healthcare Services Group Inc'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 Healthcare Services Group Inc.