International Money Express, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, International Money Express, Inc. had return on equity of 22.1%, an operating margin of 9.2%, debt equal to 121.0% of equity and a current ratio of 2.51. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.9% | 4.8% | 11.4% | 14.8% | 14.8% | 15.2% | 14.5% | 14.4% | 9.2% | 6.2% |
| Net margin | −5.1% | −2.6% | 6.1% | 9.5% | 10.2% | 10.5% | 9.0% | 8.9% | 5.4% | 3.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.5% | 5.3% | 14.4% | −1.4% | 14.7% | 0.5% | 19.8% | 3.5% | 2.6% | 1.6% |
| Return on equity | −28.3% | −18.0% | 39.0% | 45.0% | 39.5% | 39.1% | 39.8% | 41.4% | 22.1% | 11.3% |
| Return on assets | −4.7% | −3.3% | 8.7% | 13.9% | 15.6% | 13.4% | 10.9% | 11.3% | 6.7% | 3.8% |
| Asset turnover | 0.93 | 1.24 | 1.41 | 1.47 | 1.53 | 1.28 | 1.21 | 1.27 | 1.24 | 1.15 |
| Current ratio | 1.64 | 2.04 | 1.77 | 2.22 | 2.26 | 2.07 | 1.94 | 1.96 | 2.51 | 1.96 |
| Debt to equity | 322.5% | 269.8% | 173.4% | 94.8% | 59.6% | 104.7% | 127.1% | 116.1% | 121.0% | 67.1% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 0.2x | 0.7x | 4.3x | 8.1x | 15.0x | 14.7x | 9.2x | 8.1x | 4.7x | 3.3x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | 29.8% | 27.0% | 26.0% | 25.8% | 30.0% | 29.4% | 30.6% | 31.7% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 2.2% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 4.6% | 3.5% | 4.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | 234.9% | −14.6% | 144.1% | 5.2% | 219.6% | 39.3% | 48.4% | 47.5% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 658.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | 8.2% | >999% | 50.7% | 325.4% | 103.3% | 0.0% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.2% | 15.0% | 9.8% | 12.1% | 6.8% | 7.9% | 3.0% | 6.7% |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 9.3% | 5.4% | 6.8% | 3.2% | 6.1% | 0.4% | 3.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 13.6% | −5.4% | 25.0% | 21.9% | −22.9% | −13.6% | −35.1% | 81.8% |
| Current ratio | 1.80 | 1.96 | 1.75 | 1.63 | 2.03 | 2.51 | 2.84 | 1.96 |
| Debt to equity | 97.5% | 116.1% | 105.8% | 101.3% | 105.5% | 121.0% | 148.0% | 67.1% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $286m of assets due within a year against $146m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt $151m of cash against $114m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 67% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 55% to 67% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $31m of operating cash flow against $114m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $35m against $11m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard International Money Express'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 15 / 20
Net income has been a median 9.7% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 9 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 13.4%; its worst year was 5.0%.
- Cash conversion 14 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 8 years, at a median 10.7% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 22.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.0% 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 (73 before it).
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