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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

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

MYR Group Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin11.8%8.9%10.9%10.3%12.3%13.0%11.4%10.0%8.6%11.6%13.0%
Operating margin3.4%2.1%3.3%2.8%3.9%4.7%3.8%3.5%1.6%4.6%6.1%
Net margin1.9%1.5%2.0%1.8%2.6%3.4%2.8%2.5%0.9%3.2%4.5%
Free-cash-flow margin2.5%−2.9%2.2%0.3%5.8%3.4%3.0%−0.4%0.3%6.3%3.2%
Return on equity8.1%7.7%10.2%11.0%14.8%17.9%15.5%15.0%4.8%18.8%26.1%
Return on assets3.7%3.6%4.6%4.3%5.9%8.0%6.6%6.1%2.0%7.6%10.3%
Asset turnover1.992.382.262.362.242.362.392.452.192.342.30
Current ratio1.752.011.681.611.441.501.331.371.401.331.33
Debt to equity22.4%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)29.8x11.4x13.8x9.2x19.0x65.9x32.3x26.1x8.3x29.5x45.3x
Effective tax rate44.1%14.1%27.3%28.2%27.8%26.9%27.0%27.2%34.9%26.6%25.7%
SG&A as % of revenue8.4%7.0%7.8%7.6%8.4%8.3%7.4%6.4%7.1%7.0%6.7%
Capital spending as % of revenue2.2%2.2%3.3%2.8%2.0%2.1%2.6%2.3%2.3%2.6%2.6%
Free cash flow ÷ net income135.9%−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 flow348.5%—3.1%11.0%0.0%0.0%40.9%—671.0%32.3%1.0%

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

5 of 7 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $2.1bn
Short-term assets $1.2bnLonger-term assets $920m
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.1bn
Short-term liabilities $889mLonger-term liabilities $399mShareholders' equity $819m
  • 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.

From MYR Group 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

53 /100

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.

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 MYR Group Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to MYR Group Inc.