Legence Corp. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Legence Corp. had return on equity of -15.2%, an operating margin of 2.4%, debt equal to 213.1% of equity and a current ratio of 1.57. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 19.5% | 20.5% | 21.0% | 18.7% |
| Operating margin | 0.6% | 3.4% | 2.4% | 0.8% |
| Net margin | −2.8% | −1.4% | −2.3% | −1.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.0% | 0.5% | 8.6% | 8.6% |
| Return on equity | — | — | −15.2% | −9.1% |
| Return on assets | — | −1.2% | −2.4% | −1.4% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.89 | 1.01 | 1.17 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.84 | 1.57 | 1.35 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | 213.1% | 173.4% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 0.2x | 0.8x | 0.6x | 0.4x |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 11.5% | 11.6% | 13.4% | 12.4% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| 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 | 21.1% | 20.6% | 22.1% | 21.5% | 20.9% | 20.0% | 17.9% | 17.4% |
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 1.0% | 3.3% | 5.2% | 5.3% | −3.2% | 2.2% | −0.5% |
| Net margin | −0.2% | −3.4% | −4.2% | −0.9% | −0.1% | −4.4% | 1.6% | −2.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | — | −0.0% | 4.8% | 4.1% | 12.6% | 11.1% | 9.9% | 4.0% |
| Current ratio | — | 1.84 | — | — | 1.57 | 1.57 | 1.30 | 1.35 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | — | — | 209.5% | 207.1% | 199.6% | 167.9% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 12.0% | 11.5% | 13.7% | 12.1% | 12.1% | 15.6% | 11.2% | 11.7% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.6bn of assets due within a year against $1.2bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.6bn short-term assets against $1.5bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $292m of cash against $1.0bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 168% 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 $389m of operating cash flow against $1.0bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $29m against $76m of interest.
Moat
Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Low.
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