Holley Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Holley Inc. had return on equity of 4.4%, an operating margin of 13.4%, debt equal to 117.9% of equity and a current ratio of 2.75. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 40.4% | 41.3% | 41.4% | 36.8% | 38.8% | 39.6% | 43.4% | 43.0% |
| Operating margin | 12.5% | 16.9% | 11.2% | 7.4% | 14.3% | 2.4% | 13.4% | 9.1% |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 6.5% | −3.9% | 10.7% | 2.9% | −3.9% | 3.1% | 1.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.5% | 15.7% | 0.9% | −0.2% | 12.5% | 6.7% | 5.5% | 7.1% |
| Return on equity | 0.3% | 14.7% | −10.0% | 20.5% | 4.5% | −5.4% | 4.4% | 2.3% |
| Return on assets | — | 3.1% | −2.4% | 6.0% | 1.6% | −2.0% | 1.7% | 0.9% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.47 | 0.61 | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.53 |
| Current ratio | — | 3.15 | 3.18 | 3.21 | 3.17 | 3.12 | 2.75 | 3.06 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 280.8% | 212.0% | 156.4% | 134.8% | 133.3% | 117.9% | 117.1% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 0.9x | 2.0x | 2.0x | 1.3x | 1.5x | 0.3x | 1.6x | 1.4x |
| Effective tax rate | — | 21.2% | — | 5.7% | 30.5% | — | 33.0% | 35.0% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 5.6% | 4.7% | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3.6% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 2.8% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 16.9% | 14.1% | 16.9% | 21.9% | 18.2% | 21.9% | 23.8% | 24.8% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 2.0% | 2.3% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 356.0% | 240.4% | — | −1.7% | 428.4% | — | 176.8% | 423.2% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 39.0% | 45.6% | 41.9% | 41.7% | 43.2% | 46.8% | 41.2% | 41.0% |
| Operating margin | 4.2% | −20.7% | 12.6% | 16.5% | 11.5% | 12.7% | 11.9% | 1.6% |
| Net margin | −4.7% | −27.0% | 1.8% | 6.5% | −0.6% | 4.1% | 4.9% | −1.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −2.6% | 1.2% | −7.1% | 21.4% | 3.8% | 2.4% | −4.3% | 23.8% |
| Current ratio | 2.93 | 3.12 | 2.86 | 2.93 | 2.78 | 2.75 | 3.17 | 3.06 |
| Debt to equity | 121.3% | 131.2% | 129.8% | 125.7% | 121.8% | 116.4% | 117.9% | 117.1% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 3.4% | 3.5% | 2.7% | 3.1% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 22.5% | 24.6% | 24.0% | 19.8% | 24.2% | 27.7% | 24.0% | 23.5% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $331m of assets due within a year against $108m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $331m short-term assets against $604m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $69m of cash against $527m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 117% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 209% to 117% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $58m of operating cash flow against $527m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $56m against $41m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Holley's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 12 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 9.7% of total assets over 5 years.
- Pricing power 14 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 41.3%, moving by 2.7 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.
- Durability 8 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 8.0%; its worst year was 3.9%.
- Cash conversion 12 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 5 years, at a median 3.9% 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 (57 before it).
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