Noah Holdings LTD key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Noah Holdings LTD had return on equity of 5.8%, an operating margin of 29.8%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 4.46. 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.

Noah Holdings LTD: 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
Gross margin	82.4%	78.8%	76.7%	72.7%	64.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Operating margin	32.8%	50.6%	39.4%	39.3%	63.1%	69.3%	50.1%	46.9%	27.5%	28.2%	27.0%	38.1%	27.9%	35.1%	33.3%	24.4%	29.8%
Net margin	25.6%	37.2%	37.7%	34.7%	53.6%	55.9%	48.1%	45.2%	27.0%	24.7%	24.4%	−22.5%	30.6%	31.5%	30.6%	18.3%	21.4%
Free-cash-flow margin	48.6%	65.4%	27.8%	42.7%	90.8%	66.1%	48.3%	41.1%	16.8%	27.4%	36.1%	22.5%	−17.5%	18.4%	35.2%	11.7%	32.3%
Return on equity	66.6%	16.8%	16.4%	13.7%	25.9%	27.7%	24.4%	21.6%	20.2%	15.4%	12.8%	−10.8%	17.5%	10.8%	10.1%	4.6%	5.8%
Return on assets	—	7.8%	14.5%	11.8%	20.2%	19.7%	15.6%	12.4%	12.6%	10.9%	9.3%	−8.0%	13.1%	8.3%	8.1%	3.8%	4.9%
Asset turnover	—	0.21	0.39	0.34	0.38	0.35	0.32	0.28	0.47	0.44	0.38	0.36	0.43	0.26	0.27	0.21	0.23
Current ratio	—	9.58	10.16	7.21	4.18	3.28	3.37	3.00	2.21	3.21	4.47	3.56	2.42	3.32	3.76	4.53	4.46
Debt to equity	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.7%	21.2%	16.7%	—	2.5%	—	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Effective tax rate	14.9%	29.3%	24.5%	28.7%	23.9%	25.1%	20.5%	21.5%	22.9%	22.0%	22.7%	—	22.6%	23.2%	21.7%	31.0%	34.8%
Capital spending as % of revenue	1.4%	3.7%	5.6%	2.9%	7.1%	7.4%	12.2%	7.1%	5.4%	3.9%	1.9%	1.6%	52.9%	2.0%	4.8%	3.2%	5.1%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	189.7%	175.8%	73.9%	122.9%	169.5%	118.1%	100.6%	90.8%	62.3%	111.1%	147.5%	—	−57.0%	58.4%	114.9%	64.2%	150.7%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	34.4%	14.9%	0.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	17.6%	212.0%	97.8%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	—	—	—	58.4%	22.2%	14.0%	8.3%	2.2%	6.6%	—	—	37.8%	—	—	15.3%	347.7%	71.1%

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.

Moat

Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Medium.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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