Moog Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Moog Inc. had return on equity of 12.3%, an operating margin of 11.6%, debt equal to 47.5% of equity and a current ratio of 2.12. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Oct 2009 | 2010Oct 2010 | 2011Oct 2011 | 2012Sept 2012 | 2013Sept 2013 | 2014Sept 2014 | 2015Oct 2015 | 2016Oct 2016 | 2017Sept 2017 | 2018Sept 2018 | 2019Sept 2019 | 2020Oct 2020 | 2021Oct 2021 | 2022Oct 2022 | 2023Sept 2023 | 2024Sept 2024 | 2025Sept 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 29.1% | 29.0% | 29.2% | 30.2% | 30.0% | 30.1% | 29.2% | 29.5% | 29.4% | 28.6% | 28.1% | 25.8% | 27.2% | 27.0% | 27.1% | 28.1% | 27.4% | 28.2% |
| Operating margin | 9.3% | 10.2% | 10.6% | 11.1% | 8.7% | 10.4% | 9.7% | 9.9% | 10.4% | 9.7% | 11.1% | 7.5% | 9.5% | 9.3% | 10.4% | 11.2% | 11.6% | 13.3% |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 5.1% | 5.8% | 6.2% | 4.6% | 6.0% | 5.2% | 5.3% | 5.7% | 3.5% | 6.0% | 0.3% | 5.5% | 5.1% | 5.3% | 5.8% | 6.1% | 8.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.0% | 6.1% | 4.8% | 4.3% | 6.1% | 7.9% | 10.1% | 6.2% | 5.7% | 0.3% | 2.2% | 6.6% | 5.8% | 3.5% | −1.1% | 1.3% | 3.3% | 8.1% |
| Return on equity | 8.0% | 9.9% | 11.8% | 12.2% | 8.5% | 11.0% | 11.3% | 12.8% | 12.8% | 7.8% | 13.7% | 0.7% | 11.9% | 10.9% | 11.5% | 12.2% | 12.3% | 17.9% |
| Return on assets | 3.2% | 4.0% | 4.9% | 5.1% | 3.8% | 4.9% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 4.6% | 3.1% | 5.7% | 0.3% | 4.7% | 4.5% | 4.9% | 5.3% | 5.5% | 8.2% |
| Asset turnover | 0.70 | 0.79 | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.90 | 0.96 | 0.91 | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.94 |
| Current ratio | 2.71 | 2.70 | 2.53 | 2.33 | 2.28 | 2.30 | 2.69 | 2.59 | 2.58 | 2.17 | 2.24 | 2.27 | 1.98 | 2.09 | 2.02 | 2.09 | 2.12 | 2.09 |
| Debt to equity | 42.5% | 68.2% | 60.9% | 58.6% | 46.2% | 64.9% | 108.1% | 102.4% | 79.1% | 70.6% | 63.0% | 75.5% | 65.0% | 58.6% | 54.2% | 47.9% | 47.5% | 41.4% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 4.4x | 5.6x | 6.9x | 8.0x | 8.4x | 22.0x | 8.5x | 6.9x | 7.5x | 7.2x | 8.2x | 5.6x | 8.0x | 7.7x | 5.7x | 6.1x | 6.2x | 8.6x |
| Effective tax rate | 23.1% | 27.7% | 26.0% | 27.0% | 27.0% | 27.7% | 28.3% | 28.5% | 22.7% | 47.7% | 23.1% | — | 22.8% | 23.6% | 20.9% | 22.6% | 24.8% | 13.8% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 5.4% | 4.9% | 4.6% | 4.7% | 5.2% | 5.3% | 5.2% | 6.1% | 5.8% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 3.8% | 4.4% | 3.6% | 3.2% | 3.1% | 2.4% | 2.5% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 15.2% | 14.8% | 15.2% | 15.6% | 15.2% | 15.2% | 14.7% | 14.1% | 13.9% | 14.3% | 13.9% | 13.8% | 14.4% | 14.8% | 14.3% | 13.9% | 14.3% | 13.6% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 4.4% | 3.1% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 3.6% | 3.0% | 3.2% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 3.5% | 4.1% | 3.1% | 4.5% | 4.6% | 5.3% | 4.2% | 3.7% | 3.1% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 42.6% | 119.6% | 82.7% | 70.4% | 131.2% | 131.7% | 192.5% | 117.3% | 100.5% | 8.3% | 36.1% | >999% | 104.6% | 69.2% | −21.5% | 22.0% | 54.6% | 92.9% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 18.8% | 20.0% | 273.9% | 20.4% | 21.2% | 19.5% | 17.0% | 15.5% | 9.9% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 20.4% | 0.4% | 26.7% | 1.3% | 7.3% | 131.0% | 143.3% | 30.2% | 6.1% | 330.9% | 120.3% | 134.9% | 38.8% | 75.9% | — | 157.4% | 139.6% | 32.8% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Sept 2024 | 2025 Q1Dec 2024 | 2025 Q2Mar 2025 | 2025 Q3Jun 2025 | 2025 Q4Sept 2025 | 2026 Q1Jan 2026 | 2026 Q2Mar 2026 | 2026 Q3Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 27.9% | 27.0% | 27.5% | 27.5% | 27.5% | 26.7% | 27.3% | 31.1% |
| Operating margin | 10.1% | 11.4% | 11.7% | 11.5% | 11.9% | 12.3% | 13.1% | 15.8% |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 6.3% | 5.8% | 6.0% | 6.1% | 7.2% | 7.8% | 13.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.9% | −18.2% | 0.3% | 9.6% | 19.0% | −7.2% | 9.3% | 11.9% |
| Current ratio | 2.09 | 2.40 | 2.39 | 2.37 | 2.12 | 2.33 | 1.68 | 2.09 |
| Debt to equity | 47.8% | 61.8% | 64.5% | 56.5% | 47.5% | 51.2% | 59.0% | 40.9% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.5% | 3.0% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 13.7% | 14.1% | 14.3% | 14.4% | 14.5% | 13.5% | 13.0% | 13.5% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.6bn of assets due within a year against $1.2bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.6bn short-term assets against $1.3bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $67m of cash against $908m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 41% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 54% to 41% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $486m of operating cash flow against $908m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $575m against $67m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Moog'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 5 / 20
Net income has been a median 4.6% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 10 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 27.8%, moving by 1.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 12 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 10.0%; its worst year was 8.6%.
- Cash conversion 10 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 2.9% of revenue.
- Discipline 17 / 20
The diluted share count fell 1.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.3% 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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