Myers Industries Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Myers Industries Inc had return on equity of 12.2%, an operating margin of 9.0%, debt equal to 119.3% of equity and a current ratio of 1.67. 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.

Myers Industries Inc: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMSept 2026
Gross margin	24.3%	22.3%	26.2%	30.0%	29.0%	25.9%	30.8%	30.3%	28.8%	31.6%	33.2%	33.7%	27.8%	31.5%	31.9%	32.4%	33.4%	33.9%
Operating margin	2.4%	−6.5%	5.1%	8.5%	7.6%	3.6%	6.0%	5.1%	4.5%	1.1%	7.2%	10.5%	6.5%	9.3%	8.9%	5.3%	9.0%	10.7%
Net margin	−0.1%	−5.8%	3.2%	5.5%	4.4%	−1.4%	3.1%	0.2%	−1.8%	−0.6%	4.7%	7.2%	4.4%	6.7%	6.0%	0.9%	4.2%	3.3%
Free-cash-flow margin	8.0%	3.4%	5.6%	7.5%	12.9%	2.3%	2.8%	4.0%	7.1%	9.9%	8.5%	6.5%	3.6%	5.4%	7.8%	6.6%	8.1%	9.5%
Return on equity	—	−20.2%	11.7%	13.7%	11.2%	−4.5%	14.5%	1.1%	−10.6%	−2.7%	15.1%	20.7%	16.8%	25.9%	17.8%	2.5%	12.2%	9.6%
Return on assets	—	−9.9%	5.7%	6.6%	5.4%	−1.7%	3.6%	0.3%	−2.7%	−1.0%	6.9%	9.8%	7.6%	11.7%	9.0%	1.0%	4.1%	3.5%
Asset turnover	—	1.71	1.75	1.19	1.23	1.21	1.15	1.32	1.48	1.61	1.47	1.36	1.72	1.75	1.50	1.19	0.96	1.04
Current ratio	—	2.01	1.97	2.09	1.56	1.86	1.32	1.78	1.52	1.88	2.24	1.29	1.66	1.87	1.55	1.76	1.67	1.89
Debt to equity	—	39.6%	35.9%	40.4%	19.2%	161.8%	198.1%	205.0%	162.8%	50.4%	46.8%	41.2%	43.5%	36.7%	19.8%	137.7%	119.3%	96.5%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	2.1x	n/m	8.1x	10.7x	9.3x	2.6x	3.4x	2.8x	2.9x	1.0x	7.6x	10.9x	—	—	—	—	—	—
Effective tax rate	20.8%	—	27.3%	37.2%	33.5%	36.4%	31.5%	39.5%	31.0%	—	27.0%	24.7%	25.6%	22.9%	26.0%	46.8%	22.6%	21.9%
SG&A as % of revenue	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.8%	25.5%	21.5%	22.2%	20.6%	20.8%	20.9%	19.8%
Capital spending as % of revenue	2.3%	2.8%	2.9%	3.6%	3.5%	3.9%	3.8%	2.3%	1.1%	0.9%	2.0%	2.6%	2.3%	2.7%	2.8%	2.9%	2.4%	2.1%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	—	—	172.4%	136.5%	289.8%	—	89.8%	>999%	—	—	180.9%	90.0%	80.6%	80.2%	129.6%	761.8%	192.4%	283.5%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	38.9%	43.4%	35.0%	—	93.9%	>999%	—	—	79.4%	52.8%	58.4%	32.8%	41.4%	283.7%	58.7%	71.4%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	15.0%	36.7%	72.1%	42.1%	22.8%	486.1%	292.9%	76.4%	42.3%	31.8%	43.9%	58.7%	72.5%	41.0%	32.0%	37.2%	34.3%	25.8%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Myers Industries Inc: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Mar 2026	2026 Q2Jun 2026	2026 Q3Sept 2026
Gross margin	32.3%	31.1%	31.3%	31.1%	36.7%	34.4%	34.3%	27.3%
Operating margin	7.2%	10.6%	12.2%	10.5%	6.1%	15.1%	17.4%	8.7%
Net margin	2.1%	4.2%	5.9%	4.5%	3.3%	−1.1%	11.2%	−0.5%
Free-cash-flow margin	9.9%	1.3%	15.2%	13.6%	5.5%	14.2%	15.6%	6.5%
Current ratio	1.76	1.78	1.77	1.67	1.67	1.65	1.61	1.89
Debt to equity	135.1%	138.2%	130.3%	126.0%	117.5%	114.7%	101.8%	96.0%
SG&A as % of revenue	21.7%	18.1%	16.8%	18.1%	25.4%	17.0%	14.8%	16.6%

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 6 checks passed · September 30, 2026

What it owns · $795m

Short-term assets $268mLonger-term assets $527m

What it owes, and who funded it · $795m

Short-term liabilities $142mLonger-term liabilities $349mShareholders' equity $304m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $268m of assets due within a year against $142m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $268m short-term assets against $349m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $54m of cash against $292m 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 41% to 96% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $99m of operating cash flow against $292m of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Myers Industries 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

56 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Myers Industries'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 14 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 10.8% of total assets over 7 years.
Pricing power 12 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 31.7%, moving by 1.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 2 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 7.5%; its worst year was 0.6%.
Cash conversion 14 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 8.0% of revenue.
Discipline 15 / 20

The diluted share count rose 4.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.6% 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 Myers Industries Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Myers Industries Inc.