MYR Group Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, MYR Group Inc. had return on equity of 18.8%, an operating margin of 4.6%, debt equal to 8.9% of equity and a current ratio of 1.33. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 11.8% | 8.9% | 10.9% | 10.3% | 12.3% | 13.0% | 11.4% | 10.0% | 8.6% | 11.6% | 13.0% |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 2.1% | 3.3% | 2.8% | 3.9% | 4.7% | 3.8% | 3.5% | 1.6% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2.6% | 3.4% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 3.2% | 4.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.5% | −2.9% | 2.2% | 0.3% | 5.8% | 3.4% | 3.0% | −0.4% | 0.3% | 6.3% | 3.2% |
| Return on equity | 8.1% | 7.7% | 10.2% | 11.0% | 14.8% | 17.9% | 15.5% | 15.0% | 4.8% | 18.8% | 26.1% |
| Return on assets | 3.7% | 3.6% | 4.6% | 4.3% | 5.9% | 8.0% | 6.6% | 6.1% | 2.0% | 7.6% | 10.3% |
| Asset turnover | 1.99 | 2.38 | 2.26 | 2.36 | 2.24 | 2.36 | 2.39 | 2.45 | 2.19 | 2.34 | 2.30 |
| Current ratio | 1.75 | 2.01 | 1.68 | 1.61 | 1.44 | 1.50 | 1.33 | 1.37 | 1.40 | 1.33 | 1.33 |
| Debt to equity | 22.4% | 27.5% | 27.8% | 45.5% | 6.9% | 0.9% | 7.2% | 5.6% | 12.4% | 8.9% | 26.3% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 29.8x | 11.4x | 13.8x | 9.2x | 19.0x | 65.9x | 32.3x | 26.1x | 8.3x | 29.5x | 45.3x |
| Effective tax rate | 44.1% | 14.1% | 27.3% | 28.2% | 27.8% | 26.9% | 27.0% | 27.2% | 34.9% | 26.6% | 25.7% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 8.4% | 7.0% | 7.8% | 7.6% | 8.4% | 8.3% | 7.4% | 6.4% | 7.1% | 7.0% | 6.7% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 2.2% | 2.2% | 3.3% | 2.8% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 2.6% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 135.9% | −189.3% | 109.6% | 18.8% | 222.6% | 99.8% | 108.5% | −15.1% | 36.9% | 196.1% | 71.0% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 348.5% | — | 3.1% | 11.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 40.9% | — | 671.0% | 32.3% | 1.0% |
| 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 | 10.4% | 11.6% | 11.5% | 11.8% | 11.4% | 13.4% | 13.2% | 13.6% |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 4.1% | 4.4% | 4.9% | 4.8% | 6.5% | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 3.4% | 3.8% | 4.7% | 4.6% | 4.8% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.1% | 8.4% | 1.3% | 6.9% | 8.7% | 6.9% | −2.4% | 0.7% |
| Current ratio | 1.40 | 1.31 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.31 | 1.40 | 1.33 |
| Debt to equity | 12.4% | 15.9% | 14.8% | 11.7% | 8.9% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 26.3% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 6.8% | 7.5% | 7.0% | 6.9% | 6.6% | 6.9% | 6.9% | 6.5% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.2bn of assets due within a year against $889m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.2bn short-term assets against $399m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $26m of cash against $216m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 26% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 9% to 26% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $249m of operating cash flow against $216m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $264m against $6m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard MYR Group'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 8 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 7.1% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 8 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 11.3%, moving by 1.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.
- Durability 7 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 3.7%; its worst year was 1.7%.
- Cash conversion 11 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 9 years, at a median 1.8% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 8.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.2% 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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