Insight Enterprises Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Insight Enterprises Inc had return on equity of 9.2%, an operating margin of 4.1%, debt equal to 82.6% of equity and a current ratio of 1.25. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| 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 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 13.7% | 13.4% | 13.4% | 13.6% | 13.6% | 13.4% | 13.3% | 13.5% | 13.7% | 14.0% | 14.7% | 15.6% | 15.3% | 15.7% | 18.2% | 20.3% | 21.4% | 22.1% |
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 3.3% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 4.0% | 4.6% | 4.5% | 4.1% | 4.6% |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 3.1% | 2.9% | 1.9% | 2.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.6% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 3.1% | 1.5% | −4.9% | 3.9% | 0.8% | 4.0% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 6.3% | 6.7% | 3.4% | 4.6% |
| Return on equity | 7.2% | 14.9% | 17.6% | 14.2% | 10.0% | 10.5% | 10.8% | 12.1% | 11.6% | 17.9% | 14.8% | 13.8% | 15.4% | 17.8% | 16.7% | 14.2% | 9.2% | 12.9% |
| Return on assets | — | 4.2% | 5.5% | 4.8% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 4.0% | 3.7% | 6.0% | 4.6% | 4.1% | 4.9% | 5.7% | 4.9% | 3.6% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
| Asset turnover | — | 2.67 | 2.89 | 2.75 | 2.66 | 2.79 | 2.71 | 2.59 | 2.73 | 2.59 | 2.22 | 1.97 | 2.10 | 2.13 | 1.61 | 1.27 | 1.00 | 0.84 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.31 | 1.38 | 1.44 | 1.52 | 1.50 | 1.45 | 1.38 | 1.54 | 1.52 | 1.62 | 1.43 | 1.42 | 1.36 | 1.28 | 1.18 | 1.25 | 1.18 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 17.0% | 19.5% | 11.4% | 9.4% | 8.8% | 13.2% | 5.7% | 37.1% | 20.0% | 74.1% | 32.7% | 24.0% | 38.9% | 54.2% | 48.8% | 82.6% | 91.9% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 4.9x | 16.2x | 21.3x | 24.3x | 19.1x | 21.8x | 17.5x | 17.2x | 10.0x | 10.7x | 8.4x | 6.5x | 8.2x | 10.5x | 10.2x | 6.7x | 3.9x | 4.1x |
| Effective tax rate | 26.3% | 34.5% | 29.3% | 35.9% | 38.0% | 39.1% | 36.4% | 39.3% | 43.0% | 22.8% | 24.7% | 24.4% | 25.0% | 25.1% | 25.6% | 25.0% | 30.3% | 29.5% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 12.1% | 10.8% | 10.5% | 10.7% | 11.0% | 10.9% | 10.9% | 10.7% | 10.8% | 10.7% | 11.4% | 12.2% | 11.8% | 11.7% | 13.5% | 15.4% | 16.8% | 17.1% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 321.6% | 106.3% | 88.4% | 40.2% | 80.3% | 132.6% | 221.1% | 99.0% | −359.8% | 168.3% | 36.9% | 192.0% | 50.9% | 9.7% | 206.3% | 234.7% | 177.5% | 188.4% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | 56.4% | — | 101.3% | 50.2% | 54.8% | 59.7% | — | 8.0% | 47.5% | 7.5% | 44.8% | 397.3% | 37.4% | 34.1% | 54.1% | 56.7% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 20.7% | 21.2% | 19.3% | 21.1% | 21.7% | 23.4% | 21.7% | 21.7% |
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 3.1% | 2.9% | 4.1% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 3.4% | 5.5% |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 2.2% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 1.4% | 3.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.3% | 9.7% | 3.4% | −8.7% | 12.2% | 7.2% | 1.2% | −0.8% |
| Current ratio | 1.24 | 1.18 | 1.23 | 1.29 | 1.30 | 1.25 | 1.22 | 1.18 |
| Debt to equity | 42.7% | 30.0% | 60.4% | 82.5% | 88.1% | 82.6% | 91.7% | 91.9% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 15.8% | 17.3% | 16.1% | 16.8% | 16.6% | 17.6% | 18.0% | 16.0% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $8.8bn of assets due within a year against $7.4bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $8.8bn short-term assets against $2.4bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $363m of cash against $1.5bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 92% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 24% to 92% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $423m of operating cash flow against $1.5bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $391m against $95m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Insight Enterprises'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 4 / 20
Net income has been a median 4.0% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 7 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 15.4%, moving by 2.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 3.6%; its worst year was 2.8%.
- Cash conversion 8 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 10 years, at a median 2.1% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 14.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.2% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (49 before it).
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