Ingersoll Rand key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Ingersoll Rand had return on equity of 5.7%, an operating margin of 15.0%, debt equal to 47.4% of equity and a current ratio of 2.06. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 36.6% | 37.0% | 37.8% | 37.6% | 38.6% | 35.4% | 38.6% | 39.3% | 41.9% | 43.8% | 43.6% | 43.1% |
| Operating margin | −9.7% | 5.3% | 4.6% | 16.5% | 9.6% | 1.5% | 11.0% | 13.8% | 16.9% | 18.0% | 15.0% | 22.9% |
| Net margin | −16.5% | −1.9% | 0.8% | 10.0% | 7.9% | −0.8% | 10.9% | 10.2% | 11.3% | 11.6% | 7.6% | 17.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.8% | 4.7% | 6.0% | 14.6% | 15.1% | 22.0% | 10.9% | 13.0% | 18.5% | 17.2% | 15.9% | 18.8% |
| Return on equity | −86.6% | −10.9% | 2.1% | 17.1% | 9.0% | −0.6% | 6.2% | 6.6% | 8.2% | 8.4% | 5.7% | 13.5% |
| Return on assets | −7.9% | −0.8% | 0.4% | 5.9% | 3.5% | −0.3% | 3.6% | 4.0% | 5.1% | 5.0% | 3.2% | 7.5% |
| Asset turnover | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.44 | 0.38 | 0.33 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.44 |
| Current ratio | — | 2.39 | 2.61 | 2.23 | 2.69 | 2.58 | 2.80 | 2.37 | 2.22 | 2.29 | 2.06 | 1.69 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | >999% | 138.2% | 99.8% | 86.2% | 42.8% | 38.2% | 29.9% | 27.8% | 46.7% | 47.4% | 45.1% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | 0.6x | 0.8x | 4.4x | 2.2x | 0.5x | 6.5x | 7.9x | 7.4x | 6.1x | 4.5x | 7.2x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | 22.9% | 11.7% | — | −4.2% | 20.2% | 23.3% | 23.2% | 23.5% | 13.9% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.5% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 20.1% | 21.4% | 18.8% | 16.2% | 20.3% | 19.9% | 20.0% | 18.5% | 18.5% | 18.6% | 18.8% | 18.9% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 3.3% | 3.8% | 2.4% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1.6% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | 781.0% | 145.6% | 192.0% | — | 100.2% | 127.5% | 163.3% | 148.8% | 209.9% | 109.5% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | — | 1.5% | 5.4% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 5.5% | 2.2% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 2.1% | 15.5% | 2.5% | 10.4% | 6.1% | 0.2% | 132.2% | 38.1% | 23.2% | 23.5% | 86.0% | 68.2% |
| 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 | 42.9% | 44.6% | 43.7% | 43.7% | 42.6% | 42.9% | 42.1% | 44.8% |
| Operating margin | 20.0% | 17.6% | 4.0% | 19.2% | 18.7% | 15.7% | 18.6% | 37.9% |
| Net margin | 12.1% | 10.9% | −6.1% | 12.5% | 12.7% | 10.4% | 12.5% | 32.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 25.9% | 13.0% | 11.1% | 16.6% | 22.1% | 8.8% | 13.1% | 30.2% |
| Current ratio | 2.29 | 2.38 | 2.29 | 2.16 | 2.06 | 2.23 | 1.62 | 1.69 |
| Debt to equity | 46.7% | 45.5% | 47.4% | 47.3% | 47.4% | 47.0% | 46.9% | 45.1% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 17.5% | 20.4% | 19.7% | 18.5% | 17.1% | 20.1% | 19.6% | 18.9% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $4.7bn of assets due within a year against $2.8bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $4.7bn short-term assets against $5.3bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $1.3bn of cash against $4.7bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 45% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 38% to 45% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $1.6bn of operating cash flow against $4.7bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.8bn against $255m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Ingersoll Rand'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 12 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 9.6% of total assets over 9 years.
- Pricing power 13 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 38.7%, moving by 2.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 4 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 14.4%; its worst year was -2.8%.
- Cash conversion 18 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 15.3% of revenue.
- Discipline 19 / 20
The diluted share count fell 6.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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