ICF International, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, ICF International, Inc. had return on equity of 9.1% and a net margin of 4.9%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| 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 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 3.3% | 3.6% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 3.5% | 3.9% | 5.1% | 4.6% | 4.7% | 3.6% | 4.6% | 3.6% | 4.2% | 5.5% | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| Return on equity | 7.0% | 8.1% | 9.4% | 9.3% | 8.7% | 8.2% | 7.7% | 8.6% | 10.6% | 9.6% | 10.0% | 7.5% | 9.2% | 7.8% | 9.3% | 11.6% | 9.1% | 8.5% |
| Return on assets | — | 4.7% | 5.5% | 5.4% | 5.6% | 4.4% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 5.7% | 5.3% | 5.3% | 3.6% | 4.0% | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5.4% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Effective tax rate | 36.1% | 37.8% | 38.6% | 38.5% | 36.8% | 37.6% | 38.1% | 37.5% | 15.0% | 25.9% | 23.5% | 26.4% | 28.9% | 23.5% | 14.4% | 20.2% | 18.2% | 21.1% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 30.2% | 28.6% | 28.7% | 28.2% | 28.7% | 28.8% | 29.1% | 27.7% | 28.2% | 27.0% | 26.8% | 27.3% | 27.7% | 27.4% | 25.7% | 25.7% | 26.3% | 26.3% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.9% | 15.3% | 19.2% | 14.9% | 16.4% | 12.8% | 9.5% | 11.3% | 11.6% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $579m of assets due within a year against $418m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $579m short-term assets against $630m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $5m of cash against $408m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 39% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 51% to 39% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $220m of operating cash flow against $408m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $142m against $29m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard ICF International'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 11 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 9.1% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 13 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 36.4%, moving by 0.7 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 11 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 7.0%; its worst year was 6.0%.
- Cash conversion 13 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 6.9% of revenue.
- Discipline 18 / 20
The diluted share count fell 3.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.2% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (66 before it).
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