Intest Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Intest Corp had return on equity of -2.5%, an operating margin of -3.3%, debt equal to 7.2% of equity and a current ratio of 2.20. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 47.9% | 48.4% | 43.9% | 48.2% | 49.0% | 48.1% | 50.7% | 51.9% | 50.2% | 48.2% | 44.8% | 48.6% | 45.7% | 46.2% | 42.4% | 43.0% | 42.8% |
| Operating margin | 15.9% | 16.0% | 6.9% | 10.0% | 11.8% | 6.6% | 10.3% | 5.4% | 6.6% | 4.2% | −2.3% | 10.0% | 9.2% | 8.5% | 2.6% | −3.3% | 0.5% |
| Net margin | 15.7% | 20.9% | 5.0% | 7.8% | 8.2% | 4.8% | 6.6% | 1.5% | 3.9% | 3.8% | −1.7% | 8.6% | 7.2% | 7.6% | 2.2% | −2.2% | 0.8% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 12.5% | 14.9% | 14.3% | 8.5% | 10.3% | 7.5% | 9.8% | 9.7% | 11.1% | −14.9% | 4.8% | 11.6% | −2.4% | 12.1% | 1.9% | 5.0% | 2.7% |
| Return on equity | 45.0% | 46.6% | 8.0% | 10.4% | 10.5% | 5.3% | 7.2% | 2.5% | 7.4% | 5.3% | −2.0% | 14.6% | 14.1% | 11.6% | 2.9% | −2.5% | 0.9% |
| Return on assets | 33.9% | 37.5% | 6.8% | 9.1% | 9.3% | 4.7% | 6.4% | 1.9% | 4.7% | 3.7% | −1.5% | 8.8% | 7.9% | 7.6% | 2.0% | −1.7% | 0.6% |
| Asset turnover | 2.16 | 1.80 | 1.36 | 1.16 | 1.13 | 0.99 | 0.97 | 1.27 | 1.21 | 0.96 | 0.88 | 1.02 | 1.09 | 1.01 | 0.91 | 0.75 | 0.85 |
| Current ratio | 3.24 | 4.92 | 5.59 | 6.71 | 7.54 | 8.44 | 7.52 | 2.15 | 1.66 | 2.98 | 3.04 | 2.08 | 2.23 | 3.53 | 2.47 | 2.20 | 2.49 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 36.7% | 24.9% | 12.5% | 15.1% | 7.2% | 5.8% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 114.8x | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 95.0x | 16.9x | 15.4x | 4.0x | n/m | 2.0x |
| Effective tax rate | 2.0% | −28.8% | 29.4% | 23.2% | 29.9% | 28.0% | 36.8% | 74.6% | 39.8% | 10.8% | — | 13.3% | 16.6% | 15.4% | 16.3% | — | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | 6.6% | 6.9% | 9.0% | 9.3% | 8.6% | 10.1% | 9.1% | 6.4% | 6.2% | 8.2% | 9.4% | 6.5% | 6.4% | 6.2% | 6.5% | 8.3% | 7.7% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.4% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 2.8% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 1.6% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 79.8% | 71.4% | 288.2% | 108.7% | 125.0% | 155.8% | 148.6% | 666.4% | 288.0% | −388.7% | — | 135.2% | −32.5% | 159.6% | 86.4% | — | 362.0% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | 38.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | 13.4% | — | — | 5.3% | 24.8% | 1.0% | — | — | 2.9% | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | 41.7% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 46.3% | 39.7% | 41.5% | 42.6% | 41.9% | 45.4% | 43.3% | 40.5% |
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 5.7% | −10.8% | −3.3% | −4.5% | 3.9% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 4.1% | −8.7% | −1.8% | −3.6% | 3.8% | 0.5% | 1.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 12.4% | 6.6% | 19.9% | −4.1% | 11.8% | −4.7% | −11.7% | 16.7% |
| Current ratio | 2.26 | 2.47 | 2.39 | 2.42 | 2.31 | 2.20 | 2.21 | 2.49 |
| Debt to equity | 16.0% | 15.1% | 11.9% | 9.8% | 8.7% | 7.2% | 8.2% | 5.8% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 7.2% | 5.9% | 9.2% | 8.0% | 8.9% | 7.3% | 7.6% | 7.1% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $80m of assets due within a year against $32m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $80m short-term assets against $9m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $22m of cash against $6m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 6% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 29% to 6% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $5m of operating cash flow against $6m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $650,000 against $322,000 of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Intest'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 2 / 20
Net income has been a median 2.9% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 15 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 46.6%, moving by 3.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 4.2%; its worst year was -1.0%.
- Cash conversion 12 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 5.7% of revenue.
- Discipline 11 / 20
The diluted share count rose 18.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.5% 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 (39 before it).
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