Hillman Solutions Corp. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Hillman Solutions Corp. had return on equity of 3.3% and a net margin of 2.6%. 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 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | −7.0% | −1.8% | −2.7% | −1.1% | −0.6% | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1.5% |
| Return on equity | — | — | −6.6% | −1.4% | −0.8% | 1.5% | 3.3% | 2.0% |
| Return on assets | — | −9.8% | −2.5% | −0.7% | −0.4% | 0.7% | 1.7% | 1.0% |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | 35.0% | 28.8% | 31.5% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 31.5% | 29.1% | 30.7% | 32.4% | 30.6% | 33.2% | 32.3% | 32.9% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $703m of assets due within a year against $271m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $703m short-term assets against $1.2bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $35m of cash against $941m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 76% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 80% to 76% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $169m of operating cash flow against $941m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Hillman Solutions's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 7 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Net income has been a median 0.2% of total assets over 7 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 4.7%; its worst year was -1.0%.
- Cash conversion 9 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 4 of 6 years, at a median 4.5% 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 (15 before it).
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