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Kimball Electronics, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Kimball Electronics, Inc. had return on equity of 4.8%, an operating margin of 4.6%, debt equal to 21.3% of equity and a current ratio of 2.09. 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.

Fiscal year2013Jun 20132014Jun 20142015Jun 20152016Jun 20162017Jun 20172018Jun 20182019Jun 20192020Jun 20202021Jun 20212022Jun 20222023Jun 20232024Jun 20242025Jun 20252026Jun 2026
Gross margin8.1%8.2%8.8%7.7%8.1%8.0%7.5%7.0%9.1%7.8%8.6%8.2%7.0%8.2%
Operating margin3.8%4.0%4.4%3.5%4.6%3.9%3.6%2.7%5.1%3.9%4.8%2.9%3.1%4.6%
Net margin3.1%3.3%3.2%2.6%3.7%1.6%2.7%1.5%4.4%2.3%3.1%1.2%1.1%2.0%
Free-cash-flow margin3.8%2.5%−0.6%0.4%1.5%1.3%−2.7%2.9%7.1%−11.6%−5.7%1.6%10.1%1.5%
Return on equity9.3%10.2%9.3%7.0%10.3%4.8%8.7%4.9%13.8%7.0%11.4%3.9%3.1%4.8%
Return on assets—6.0%5.9%4.5%6.4%2.9%4.6%2.4%7.1%3.4%4.9%1.7%1.5%2.6%
Asset turnover—1.811.841.691.751.841.721.561.631.461.591.391.301.32
Current ratio—1.992.212.071.951.912.022.051.941.861.962.262.202.09
Debt to equity0.0%0.0%0.0%2.8%2.9%2.3%34.1%31.1%15.0%39.8%53.7%65.6%28.9%21.3%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)————157.9x79.8x10.3x7.2x30.3x19.8x5.4x2.2x3.1x7.8x
Effective tax rate19.6%18.6%24.6%20.3%22.8%62.6%18.0%27.7%18.9%28.5%25.3%18.6%35.2%47.5%
R&D as % of revenue1.1%1.1%1.1%1.1%1.1%1.0%1.3%1.4%1.6%1.8%1.3%1.1%1.2%1.3%
SG&A as % of revenue4.3%4.9%4.4%4.1%3.9%4.1%3.9%3.7%4.1%4.0%3.8%3.9%3.4%4.3%
Capital spending as % of revenue2.0%2.8%4.0%4.0%3.6%2.4%2.1%3.2%3.0%5.5%4.9%2.7%2.2%3.6%
Free cash flow ÷ net income124.1%76.8%−19.0%14.2%39.5%85.5%−99.5%189.3%161.5%−502.8%−184.8%132.3%887.1%74.3%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow—0.0%—397.9%165.4%66.7%—25.5%3.3%——10.5%8.0%57.1%

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

4 of 5 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $1.1bn
Short-term assets $693mLonger-term assets $399m
What it owes, and who funded it · $917m
Short-term liabilities $332mShareholders' equity $585m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $693m of assets due within a year against $332m 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 $89m of cash against $116m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 20% of equity.
  • 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 $72m of operating cash flow against $116m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $66m against $9m of interest.

From Kimball Electronics, 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

47 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Kimball Electronics'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 9 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 7.9% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 8 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 8.1%, moving by 0.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 3.9%; its worst year was 2.7%.

  • Cash conversion 8 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 10 years, at a median 1.4% of revenue.

  • Discipline 17 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 2.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% 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 (52 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 Kimball Electronics, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Kimball Electronics, Inc.