Information Services Group Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Information Services Group Inc. had return on equity of 9.8%, an operating margin of 7.3%, debt equal to 62.5% of equity and a current ratio of 2.34. 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.

Information Services Group Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMSept 2026
Gross margin	—	—	—	—	42.0%	42.4%	39.8%	39.4%	40.7%	38.5%	39.3%	43.1%	45.2%
Operating margin	−39.2%	−33.0%	3.4%	3.4%	4.6%	5.0%	3.7%	9.1%	10.3%	5.0%	2.3%	7.3%	8.9%
Net margin	−40.3%	−30.3%	0.3%	−0.8%	2.1%	1.3%	1.1%	5.6%	6.9%	2.1%	1.1%	3.8%	4.7%
Free-cash-flow margin	3.6%	−0.4%	4.6%	3.1%	5.5%	7.0%	17.2%	14.3%	2.7%	3.0%	6.9%	10.2%	7.5%
Return on equity	−65.0%	−95.0%	1.6%	−4.2%	8.0%	4.0%	2.9%	15.7%	19.8%	6.1%	2.9%	9.8%	12.7%
Return on assets	−28.8%	−33.9%	0.4%	−1.2%	2.6%	1.5%	1.2%	6.5%	8.2%	2.5%	1.3%	4.5%	5.7%
Asset turnover	0.72	1.12	1.37	1.49	1.25	1.23	1.09	1.17	1.19	1.19	1.10	1.18	1.21
Current ratio	5.25	2.34	2.05	1.95	2.42	2.42	2.26	2.04	2.26	2.44	2.38	2.34	2.80
Debt to equity	85.3%	195.2%	164.6%	183.7%	126.1%	96.9%	79.5%	75.7%	78.9%	77.6%	61.5%	62.5%	62.6%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	n/m	n/m	2.1x	1.3x	1.9x	2.1x	2.6x	10.8x	9.3x	2.4x	1.0x	4.4x	6.2x
Effective tax rate	—	—	81.4%	—	7.1%	53.2%	53.1%	32.8%	26.1%	29.8%	45.7%	35.7%	39.4%
SG&A as % of revenue	37.8%	36.7%	32.6%	33.8%	34.6%	34.8%	33.6%	28.3%	28.6%	31.4%	34.6%	33.9%	34.6%
Capital spending as % of revenue	0.7%	0.9%	0.9%	1.2%	1.5%	0.7%	0.5%	0.8%	1.2%	1.2%	1.1%	1.6%	1.1%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	—	—	>999%	—	266.5%	554.2%	>999%	255.1%	39.2%	143.6%	600.0%	267.5%	158.2%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28.6%	37.8%	141.2%	330.9%	98.3%	76.6%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	—	—	17.0%	34.5%	20.2%	18.5%	12.1%	52.4%	252.9%	137.8%	87.8%	73.8%	85.6%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Information Services Group Inc.: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Mar 2026	2026 Q2Jun 2026	2026 Q3Sept 2026
Gross margin	41.5%	43.1%	42.2%	42.2%	44.8%	43.1%	48.8%	43.9%
Operating margin	0.3%	5.7%	7.6%	7.4%	8.4%	8.2%	8.9%	9.9%
Net margin	5.3%	2.5%	3.5%	4.9%	4.3%	4.4%	5.0%	5.2%
Free-cash-flow margin	10.4%	0.2%	18.0%	15.2%	7.0%	−2.5%	7.2%	17.6%
Current ratio	2.38	2.42	2.43	2.22	2.34	2.65	2.81	2.80
Debt to equity	61.5%	62.3%	62.9%	62.5%	62.5%	62.8%	61.8%	62.6%
SG&A as % of revenue	39.1%	35.5%	32.7%	33.0%	34.6%	33.2%	38.3%	32.3%

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 7 checks passed · September 30, 2026

What it owns · $208m

Short-term assets $95mLonger-term assets $113m

What it owes, and who funded it · $208m

Short-term liabilities $34mLonger-term liabilities $79mShareholders' equity $95m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $95m of assets due within a year against $34m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $95m short-term assets against $79m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $29m of cash against $59m of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 63% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 70% to 63% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $22m of operating cash flow against $59m of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $22m against $4m of interest.

From Information 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

49 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Information 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 18 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 13.5% of total assets over 8 years.
Pricing power 14 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 40.8%, moving by 1.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 2 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 5.2%; its worst year was 0.8%.
Cash conversion 14 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 7.4% of revenue.
Discipline 17 / 20

The diluted share count fell 3.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 3.1% 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 (64 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 Information Services Group Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 2, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Information Services Group Inc.