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NN Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, NN Inc had return on equity of -62.7%, an operating margin of -4.5%, debt equal to 469.3% of equity and a current ratio of 1.83. 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.

NN Inc: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin—————————23.7%————————
Operating margin−12.0%4.4%6.9%6.8%7.5%5.7%0.0%5.9%5.1%−25.3%−3.6%−27.5%−1.9%−4.2%−4.5%−5.9%−4.5%−3.1%
Net margin−13.6%1.8%4.9%6.6%4.6%1.7%−1.6%1.1%26.2%−28.7%−6.4%−26.4%−2.8%−5.2%−10.3%−8.2%−8.1%−5.4%
Free-cash-flow margin4.1%3.5%−1.3%5.5%4.4%0.6%−1.3%4.4%−11.6%−3.0%−1.0%−1.9%−0.6%−2.1%1.8%−1.6%−1.7%−0.3%
Return on equity−46.0%8.3%23.6%21.3%12.2%5.0%−2.7%4.2%———−107.8%−5.5%−12.7%−32.2%−38.4%−62.7%−38.1%
Return on assets—2.6%8.2%9.2%6.5%1.7%−0.6%0.5%11.5%−14.9%−2.1%−10.4%−2.2%−4.6%−9.5%−7.9%−7.6%−5.9%
Asset turnover—1.471.671.411.411.000.390.430.440.520.320.390.790.890.930.960.941.08
Current ratio—1.381.702.171.811.762.132.014.402.042.172.082.652.432.242.001.831.75
Debt to equity0.0%93.9%78.4%54.1%23.9%201.6%257.1%————33.4%71.3%84.3%122.6%199.4%469.3%162.7%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)n/m2.4x6.2x6.5x11.7x2.5x0.0x0.6x0.6xn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/m
Effective tax rate—41.6%19.8%−19.3%31.8%43.9%————————————
SG&A as % of revenue10.5%8.3%7.2%8.5%8.9%9.0%8.6%11.0%12.0%9.4%14.1%13.6%10.8%10.0%9.7%10.7%10.9%10.6%
Capital spending as % of revenue1.6%4.2%4.8%4.6%4.1%5.6%9.5%7.5%7.1%8.3%11.0%5.6%3.8%3.6%4.2%3.9%3.1%3.5%
Free cash flow ÷ net income—196.6%−25.7%83.5%96.1%37.8%—383.2%−44.4%—————————
Dividends ÷ net income————18.2%62.4%—113.8%4.7%—————————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow————19.0%165.2%—29.7%——————————

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

1 of 7 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $451m
Short-term assets $178mLonger-term assets $273m
What it owes, and who funded it · $415m
Short-term liabilities $102mLonger-term liabilities $210mShareholders' equity $104m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $178m of assets due within a year against $102m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $178m short-term assets against $210m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $12m of cash against $169m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 163% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 67% to 163% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $15m of operating cash flow against $169m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$15m against $23m of interest.

From NN 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

30 /100

Weak moat

How hard NN'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

    Net income has been a median -6.8% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -3.5%; its worst year was -34.4%.

  • Cash conversion 4 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 4 of 10 years, at a median -0.2% of revenue.

  • Discipline 10 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 31.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.7% 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 NN 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 NN Inc.