Pulmonx Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Pulmonx Corp had return on equity of -77.2%, an operating margin of -59.3%, debt equal to 78.5% of equity and a current ratio of 5.07. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 61.4% | 68.8% | 64.8% | 73.6% | 74.3% | 73.9% | 74.0% | 74.2% | 77.1% |
| Operating margin | −75.2% | −54.7% | −98.8% | −97.7% | −109.3% | −90.2% | −68.9% | −59.3% | −53.0% |
| Net margin | −92.4% | −63.5% | −98.5% | −100.5% | −109.8% | −88.6% | −67.3% | −59.7% | −55.0% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −93.5% | −65.9% | −96.4% | −93.1% | −86.5% | −55.9% | −39.4% | −36.3% | −35.1% |
| Return on equity | — | — | −166.3% | −23.2% | −33.9% | −44.7% | −55.3% | −77.2% | −103.1% |
| Return on assets | — | −38.7% | −20.3% | −19.5% | −27.5% | −32.8% | −33.1% | −37.0% | −39.4% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.61 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.25 | 0.37 | 0.49 | 0.62 | 0.72 |
| Current ratio | — | 2.90 | 19.96 | 11.85 | 9.14 | 6.50 | 5.58 | 5.07 | 4.32 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | 8.2% | 9.9% | 14.5% | 38.7% | 47.0% | 78.5% | 159.1% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m |
| R&D as % of revenue | 34.9% | 18.6% | 22.8% | 27.0% | 28.7% | 26.3% | 21.0% | 21.5% | 22.1% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 101.7% | 104.9% | 140.8% | 144.3% | 154.9% | 137.8% | 121.9% | 111.9% | 107.9% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.6% | 2.2% | 2.8% | 7.6% | 2.5% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 0.5% | 0.1% |
| 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 | 73.7% | 74.0% | 72.5% | 72.1% | 74.7% | 77.6% | 77.9% | 78.0% |
| Operating margin | −69.3% | −56.5% | −64.6% | −62.0% | −66.9% | −43.8% | −62.9% | −39.8% |
| Net margin | −69.4% | −55.4% | −64.1% | −63.6% | −64.9% | −46.1% | −66.3% | −44.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −37.6% | −28.8% | −60.0% | −16.6% | −38.4% | −31.4% | −49.1% | −22.9% |
| Current ratio | 7.70 | 5.58 | 4.97 | 5.35 | 4.86 | 5.07 | 4.91 | 4.32 |
| Debt to equity | 39.6% | 43.3% | 47.9% | 53.7% | 61.8% | 68.5% | 81.5% | 95.8% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 18.4% | 16.8% | 21.1% | 22.2% | 22.5% | 20.3% | 23.8% | 22.1% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 124.6% | 113.6% | 116.0% | 111.9% | 119.1% | 101.2% | 117.1% | 95.6% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $88m of assets due within a year against $20m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $88m short-term assets against $55m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $56m of cash against $38m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 96% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 9% to 96% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt −$31m of operating cash flow against $38m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$46m against $4m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Pulmonx's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 7 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median -21.8% of total assets over 6 years.
- Pricing power 18 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 73.6%, moving by 3.7 percentage points (standard deviation) across 7 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -80.4%; its worst year was -101.2%.
- Cash conversion 0 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 0 of 6 years, at a median -58.0% 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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