Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. had return on equity of -3.3%, an operating margin of -0.7%, debt equal to 84.1% of equity and a current ratio of 1.72. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 11.1% | 14.3% | 11.3% | 8.8% | 11.3% | 11.3% | 11.8% | 12.2% | 9.9% | 9.1% |
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 6.3% | −0.4% | −1.8% | −1.6% | 4.8% | 3.4% | 7.7% | −0.7% | −2.2% |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 5.1% | −0.9% | −2.0% | −1.6% | 3.5% | 1.3% | 4.5% | −1.5% | −3.0% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.2% | 5.3% | 1.5% | 8.0% | −5.5% | −1.1% | 4.0% | 13.4% | 4.9% | −0.8% |
| Return on equity | — | 17.4% | −3.1% | −3.5% | −3.7% | 9.0% | 3.5% | 10.8% | −3.3% | −6.1% |
| Return on assets | — | 4.6% | −1.3% | −2.0% | −2.1% | 4.6% | 1.7% | 5.5% | −1.6% | −3.0% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.91 | 1.38 | 1.02 | 1.27 | 1.32 | 1.26 | 1.23 | 1.08 | 1.02 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.36 | 1.88 | 1.69 | 1.71 | 1.38 | 1.88 | 1.75 | 1.72 | 1.70 |
| Debt to equity | — | 116.8% | 36.1% | 22.5% | 34.1% | 33.2% | 64.1% | 31.7% | 84.1% | 38.6% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 2.3x | 5.7x | n/m | n/m | n/m | 7.6x | 1.8x | 4.1x | n/m | n/m |
| Effective tax rate | 0.0% | −2.6% | — | — | — | 16.4% | 11.7% | 22.6% | — | — |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 3.6% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 2.2% | 8.6% | 10.9% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 3.2% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 372.5% | 105.0% | — | — | — | −33.0% | 303.0% | 299.2% | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 44.6% | 41.6% | 34.1% | 8.7% | — | — | 11.2% | 7.6% | 17.1% | — |
| 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 | 12.6% | 8.9% | 11.3% | 10.3% | 11.0% | 6.6% | 7.6% | 10.9% |
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 19.0% | 1.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | −4.1% | −5.3% | 0.2% |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 13.2% | 0.0% | −0.8% | −1.9% | −3.2% | −5.6% | −1.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.1% | 29.4% | 4.0% | 9.5% | −0.8% | 7.6% | −4.8% | −4.1% |
| Current ratio | 1.77 | 1.75 | 1.67 | 1.63 | 1.82 | 1.72 | 1.64 | 1.70 |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $159m of assets due within a year against $94m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $159m short-term assets against $169m 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 −$13m against $14m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Mayville Engineering's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 8 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 0.9% of total assets over 8 years.
- Pricing power 8 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 11.0%, moving by 1.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 1.3%; its worst year was -2.2%.
- Cash conversion 6 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 4 of 8 years, at a median 1.9% of revenue.
- Discipline 16 / 20
The diluted share count rose 1.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.9% 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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