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Helios Technologies, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Helios Technologies, Inc. had return on equity of 5.4%, an operating margin of 7.9%, debt equal to 39.5% of equity and a current ratio of 2.90. 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 year2009Jan 20102010Jan 20112011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Jan 20162016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Jan 20212021Jan 20222022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Jan 2026LTMJul 2026
Gross margin22.5%34.7%38.8%39.4%40.4%41.2%38.4%36.2%39.8%37.9%38.3%37.5%36.0%33.7%31.3%31.3%32.3%33.5%
Operating margin2.2%20.6%27.1%26.6%27.4%28.1%23.4%17.5%17.9%14.9%16.2%6.8%17.2%15.5%9.6%10.2%7.9%10.0%
Net margin1.9%14.2%18.5%18.3%18.5%19.2%16.5%11.8%9.2%9.2%10.9%2.7%12.0%11.1%4.5%4.8%5.8%8.0%
Free-cash-flow margin8.8%14.1%19.3%19.0%14.2%22.9%21.8%16.4%7.9%9.7%11.8%18.0%9.9%8.8%5.9%11.8%12.3%12.0%
Return on equity1.7%19.2%28.9%24.9%21.9%22.5%15.8%10.2%12.4%11.6%10.9%2.4%15.9%13.1%4.5%4.5%5.4%7.6%
Return on assets—16.2%25.2%21.8%19.5%20.1%14.3%6.8%7.0%6.2%5.8%1.2%7.7%6.8%2.5%2.5%3.2%4.7%
Asset turnover—1.141.361.191.061.040.860.570.760.680.540.450.640.620.550.520.560.59
Current ratio—7.537.338.369.218.6213.444.553.202.122.521.982.072.552.742.772.902.74
Debt to equity0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%59.2%42.5%66.6%52.1%76.2%62.8%56.2%61.5%52.1%39.5%35.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)———————71.3x15.1x—————————
Effective tax rate8.0%32.4%34.6%33.0%33.6%33.4%32.7%33.2%33.6%17.1%20.0%40.8%20.3%19.2%23.8%22.8%22.4%22.1%
R&D as % of revenue———————2.2%3.1%2.8%2.7%3.0%1.9%2.0%2.3%2.5%2.3%—
SG&A as % of revenue20.3%14.1%11.7%12.8%13.1%13.1%14.9%17.9%19.1%18.5%18.0%20.4%15.0%15.0%17.8%17.2%17.6%17.2%
Capital spending as % of revenue5.2%2.6%5.0%6.5%8.7%4.7%3.0%3.1%6.5%5.6%4.5%2.8%3.1%3.6%4.1%3.4%2.8%3.4%
Free cash flow ÷ net income461.8%99.2%104.6%103.9%76.8%119.2%132.2%138.7%86.1%105.0%108.6%662.0%82.5%79.3%132.3%243.8%214.0%149.7%
Dividends ÷ net income406.6%68.4%25.5%109.4%24.8%87.6%36.2%46.1%32.5%23.5%19.1%81.7%11.1%11.9%31.5%30.5%24.8%18.1%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow88.1%68.9%24.4%105.3%32.3%73.5%27.4%33.2%37.8%22.4%17.6%12.3%13.4%15.0%23.8%12.5%11.6%12.1%

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

5 of 6 checks passed · July 4, 2026
What it owns · $1.5bn
Short-term assets $439mLonger-term assets $1.1bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $1.5bn
Short-term liabilities $160mLonger-term liabilities $408mShareholders' equity $948m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $439m of assets due within a year against $160m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $439m short-term assets against $408m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $68m of cash against $226m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 24% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 26% to 24% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $137m of operating cash flow against $226m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Helios Technologies, 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

64 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Helios Technologies'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 8 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 7.5% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 12 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 35.7%, moving by 3.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 13 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 13.6%; its worst year was 8.7%.

  • Cash conversion 15 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 10.1% of revenue.

  • Discipline 16 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 2.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.0% 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 Helios Technologies, 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 Helios Technologies, Inc.