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Comstock Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Comstock Inc. had return on equity of -51.5%, an operating margin of -2455.2%, debt equal to 0.0% 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

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin—————————74.3%68.4%100.0%100.0%85.0%−69.1%—
Operating margin<−999%−590.0%−84.3%−34.0%−67.2%−201.4%<−999%<−999%<−999%<−999%−743.0%<−999%−989.0%<−999%<−999%<−999%
Net margin<−999%−598.6%−86.0%−37.7%−56.5%−255.7%<−999%<−999%<−999%>999%<−999%<−999%718.9%<−999%<−999%<−999%
Free-cash-flow margin<−999%−696.3%−65.5%−19.7%−47.4%−66.0%<−999%<−999%<−999%<−999%−878.1%<−999%<−999%−462.3%<−999%<−999%
Return on equity−69.9%−175.8%−110.5%−45.4%−51.0%−78.2%−80.5%−89.2%−23.3%54.3%−40.5%−65.3%13.9%−77.3%−51.5%−49.8%
Return on assets−43.0%−82.2%−46.5%−21.3%−23.3%−33.7%−32.6%−31.8%−11.2%36.1%−28.9%−41.2%8.9%−53.9%−33.0%−33.6%
Asset turnover0.020.140.540.570.410.130.000.010.010.000.010.000.010.030.010.01
Current ratio1.820.790.460.690.473.296.973.583.004.320.580.971.561.552.063.20
Debt to equity8.7%74.7%39.1%52.1%70.9%65.7%96.6%104.7%24.0%11.6%5.6%17.6%15.5%14.2%0.0%0.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)n/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/m
Effective tax rate—————————0.0%———0.0%0.0%—
R&D as % of revenue—————————0.0%48.1%>999%480.0%633.2%792.9%>999%
SG&A as % of revenue—————————>999%643.4%>999%987.8%421.2%>999%>999%
Capital spending as % of revenue>999%260.1%24.1%10.3%31.2%14.7%124.8%>999%>999%64.8%9.1%569.2%142.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income—————————−26.1%——−168.6%———

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

2 of 3 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $194m
Short-term assets $58mLonger-term assets $135m
What it owes, and who funded it · $190m
Short-term liabilities $18mLonger-term liabilities $35mShareholders' equity $137m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $58m of assets due within a year against $18m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $58m short-term assets against $35m 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 Operating income of −$59m against $864,993 of interest.

From Comstock 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

18 /100

Weak moat

How hard Comstock'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 0 / 20

    Net income has been a median -32.5% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 0 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 12.7%, moving by 1013.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -2267.8%; its worst year was -14734.7%.

  • Cash conversion 0 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 0 of 10 years, at a median -2385.8% of revenue.

  • Discipline 8 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 2266.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 3.8% 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 Comstock Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Comstock Inc.