Ladder Capital Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2015, Ladder Capital Corp had return on equity of 9.1% and a net margin of 22.4%. 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.

Ladder Capital Corp: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	LTMDec 2020
Net margin	68.1%	60.0%	14.8%	22.4%	−4.4%
Return on equity	15.4%	16.6%	4.5%	9.1%	−0.6%
Return on assets	—	5.4%	1.0%	1.3%	−0.1%
Effective tax rate	1.5%	1.9%	21.4%	9.1%	—
Dividends ÷ net income	—	0.0%	0.0%	54.1%	—

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Ladder Capital Corp: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2019 Q1Mar 2019	2019 Q2Jun 2019	2019 Q3Sept 2019	2019 Q4Dec 2019	2020 Q1Mar 2020	2020 Q2Jun 2020	2020 Q3Sept 2020	2020 Q4Dec 2020
Net margin	32.4%	47.1%	44.8%	52.6%	−28.0%	−21.1%	41.9%	−23.9%

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.

Moat

59 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Ladder Capital'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 20 / 20

Net income has been a median 1.8% of total assets over 10 years.
Durability 8 / 20

Net margin has been a median 25.1%; its worst year was -4.4%.
Discipline 7 / 20

The diluted share count rose 14.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 5.5% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

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 Ladder Capital Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 1, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Ladder Capital Corp.