Matrix Service Co key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2026, Matrix Service Co had return on equity of -1.8%, an operating margin of -1.1%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 0.98. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Jun 2010 | 2011Jun 2011 | 2012Jun 2012 | 2013Jun 2013 | 2014Jun 2014 | 2015Jun 2015 | 2016Jun 2016 | 2017Jun 2017 | 2018Jun 2018 | 2019Jun 2019 | 2020Jun 2020 | 2021Jun 2021 | 2022Jun 2022 | 2023Jun 2023 | 2024Jun 2024 | 2025Jun 2025 | 2026Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 9.6% | 11.9% | 10.8% | 10.6% | 10.8% | 6.5% | 9.6% | 6.8% | 8.4% | 9.3% | 9.3% | 4.9% | −0.2% | 3.9% | 5.6% | 5.2% | 7.3% |
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 4.9% | 4.3% | 4.1% | 4.6% | 0.7% | 3.1% | 0.4% | −1.0% | 2.7% | −3.3% | −6.5% | −12.4% | −6.7% | −4.1% | −4.6% | −1.1% |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 3.0% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 2.8% | 1.3% | 2.2% | −0.0% | −1.1% | 2.0% | −3.0% | −4.6% | −9.0% | −6.6% | −3.4% | −3.8% | −0.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −0.2% | 2.0% | −1.4% | 3.8% | 4.2% | 0.8% | 1.5% | −2.6% | 6.0% | 1.5% | 2.3% | −1.1% | −8.1% | 0.2% | 9.0% | 14.3% | 0.2% |
| Return on equity | 2.7% | 10.1% | 8.4% | 10.7% | 13.8% | 6.0% | 9.5% | −0.1% | −3.6% | 8.3% | −10.0% | −10.5% | −24.9% | −25.6% | −14.5% | −19.2% | −1.8% |
| Return on assets | 1.7% | 6.4% | 5.5% | 6.5% | 7.3% | 3.0% | 5.1% | −0.0% | −2.0% | 4.7% | −5.7% | −6.3% | −14.1% | −12.4% | −5.9% | −5.6% | −0.4% |
| Asset turnover | 1.94 | 2.13 | 2.35 | 2.44 | 2.58 | 2.38 | 2.33 | 2.08 | 1.91 | 2.38 | 1.91 | 1.37 | 1.56 | 1.89 | 1.71 | 1.46 | 1.45 |
| Current ratio | — | 2.15 | 2.18 | 1.80 | 1.39 | 1.40 | 1.53 | 1.64 | 1.50 | 1.51 | 1.90 | 1.90 | 1.62 | 1.40 | 1.14 | 0.96 | 0.98 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.1% | 3.0% | 0.0% | 13.9% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 2.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 11.5x | 38.9x | 38.9x | 45.9x | 40.8x | 7.1x | 48.0x | 2.2x | n/m | 29.3x | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m |
| Effective tax rate | 34.2% | 38.0% | 43.6% | 33.2% | 35.1% | — | 35.6% | 94.4% | — | 27.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 8.2% | 7.0% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 6.2% | 5.8% | 6.5% | 6.4% | 7.7% | 6.6% | 7.8% | 10.4% | 9.6% | 8.6% | 9.6% | 9.3% | 7.3% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.0% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 2.6% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.6% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | −18.5% | 65.0% | −61.6% | 141.0% | 149.1% | 61.0% | 68.1% | — | — | 78.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 47.8% | 53.2% | — | 0.0% | 23.8% | 66.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2025 Q1Sept 2024 | 2025 Q2Dec 2024 | 2025 Q3Mar 2025 | 2025 Q4Jun 2025 | 2026 Q1Sept 2025 | 2026 Q2Dec 2025 | 2026 Q3Mar 2026 | 2026 Q4Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 4.7% | 5.8% | 6.4% | 3.8% | 6.7% | 6.2% | 8.3% | 8.0% |
| Operating margin | −6.5% | −3.4% | −2.5% | −6.0% | −2.6% | −1.0% | −0.5% | −0.4% |
| Net margin | −5.6% | −3.0% | −1.7% | −5.2% | −1.7% | −0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.0% | 17.5% | 14.3% | 17.8% | −13.2% | 3.0% | 16.1% | −4.2% |
| Current ratio | 1.06 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.93 | 0.91 | 0.90 | 0.98 |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 11.2% | 9.2% | 8.9% | 8.1% | 7.7% | 7.2% | 7.4% | 6.9% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $436m of assets due within a year against $442m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $436m short-term assets against $18m 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 −$10m against $437,000 of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Matrix Service'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
Cash operating profit has been a median -1.8% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 7 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 6.2%, moving by 2.7 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -3.7%; its worst year was -12.4%.
- Cash conversion 7 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 10 years, at a median 0.9% of revenue.
- Discipline 14 / 20
The diluted share count rose 7.0% 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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