Samsara Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2026, Samsara Inc. had return on equity of -0.7%, an operating margin of -3.2% and a current ratio of 1.64. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2021Jan 2021 | 2022Jan 2022 | 2023Jan 2023 | 2024Feb 2024 | 2025Feb 2025 | 2026Jan 2026 | LTMAug 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 69.8% | 70.9% | 72.0% | 73.6% | 76.1% | 76.7% | 76.4% |
| Operating margin | −83.8% | −82.6% | −39.8% | −34.5% | −15.2% | −3.2% | 1.0% |
| Net margin | −84.1% | −82.9% | −37.9% | −30.6% | −12.4% | −0.6% | 4.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −81.6% | −44.6% | −20.9% | −2.4% | 8.9% | 12.8% | 13.8% |
| Return on equity | — | −155.7% | −25.7% | −30.9% | −15.6% | −0.7% | 6.0% |
| Return on assets | — | −22.6% | −15.5% | −17.1% | −8.2% | −0.4% | 3.4% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.27 | 0.41 | 0.56 | 0.66 | 0.71 | 0.70 |
| Current ratio | — | 3.25 | 2.17 | 1.50 | 1.59 | 1.64 | 1.62 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.2% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 39.9% | 47.9% | 28.7% | 27.6% | 24.0% | 21.3% | 20.3% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 12.8% | 4.5% | 5.1% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.8% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | 282.1% |
| Quarter | 2025 Q3Nov 2024 | 2025 Q4Feb 2025 | 2026 Q1May 2025 | 2026 Q2Aug 2025 | 2026 Q3Nov 2025 | 2026 Q4Jan 2026 | 2027 Q1May 2026 | 2027 Q2Aug 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 76.4% | 76.8% | 77.3% | 76.9% | 76.7% | 76.2% | 75.4% | 77.2% |
| Operating margin | −14.7% | −5.3% | −9.1% | −6.8% | −0.4% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 1.0% |
| Net margin | −11.7% | −3.2% | −6.0% | −4.3% | 1.9% | 5.0% | 9.3% | 3.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.7% | 14.0% | 12.5% | 11.3% | 13.4% | 13.9% | 15.3% | 12.7% |
| Current ratio | 1.59 | 1.59 | 1.53 | 1.50 | 1.56 | 1.64 | 1.62 | 1.62 |
| R&D as % of revenue | 23.9% | 21.2% | 22.7% | 21.9% | 20.7% | 20.1% | 20.4% | 20.2% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.6bn of assets due within a year against $968m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.6bn short-term assets against $199m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Samsara's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 5 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 -14.5% of total assets over 5 years.
- Pricing power 20 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 75.1%, moving by 2.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 5 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -27.6%; its worst year was -78.4%.
- Cash conversion 4 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 2 of 5 years, at a median -0.3% 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 (42 before it).
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