Insperity, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Insperity, Inc. had return on equity of -9.8%, an operating margin of -0.1%, debt equal to 802.2% of equity and a current ratio of 1.06. 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 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 17.4% | 17.4% | 17.8% | 17.7% | 17.4% | 17.1% | 16.8% | 16.7% | 17.4% | 17.8% | 17.0% | 18.8% | 16.5% | 17.0% | 16.0% | 16.0% | 13.2% | 13.0% |
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 2.2% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 2.5% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 3.6% | 3.9% | 4.7% | 4.3% | 4.5% | 3.5% | 4.2% | 3.4% | 1.8% | −0.1% | 0.3% |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 2.6% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 2.5% | 3.0% | 2.6% | 1.4% | −0.1% | 0.0% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −0.4% | 4.2% | 2.1% | 3.4% | 1.0% | 5.2% | 1.8% | 3.8% | 5.5% | 3.9% | 3.4% | 5.8% | 4.6% | 5.3% | 2.4% | 7.3% | −4.5% | 2.9% |
| Return on equity | 7.4% | 9.7% | 12.5% | 16.6% | 13.0% | 12.2% | 20.9% | 56.6% | 133.1% | 188.1% | — | — | — | — | 195.4% | 95.3% | −9.8% | 6.7% |
| Return on assets | 2.9% | 3.6% | 4.4% | 5.5% | 4.2% | 3.6% | 5.0% | 7.8% | 8.6% | 12.0% | 11.7% | 9.3% | 7.4% | 9.4% | 8.2% | 3.9% | −0.3% | 0.1% |
| Asset turnover | 2.87 | 2.78 | 2.88 | 2.95 | 2.97 | 3.02 | 3.30 | 3.48 | 3.35 | 3.39 | 3.34 | 2.88 | 2.98 | 3.13 | 3.12 | 2.79 | 2.84 | 3.12 |
| Current ratio | 1.44 | 1.41 | 1.32 | 1.27 | 1.29 | 1.13 | 1.11 | 1.07 | 1.07 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.19 | 1.10 | 1.12 | 1.11 | 1.08 | 1.06 | 1.11 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 172.5% | 157.4% | 185.9% | >999% | 837.0% | — | 456.0% | 392.6% | 380.4% | 802.2% | 952.3% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | — | — | 128.3x | 143.1x | 44.4x | 40.4x | 38.4x | 24.4x | 24.3x | 23.2x | 17.9x | 8.1x | 4.2x | n/m | 0.8x |
| Effective tax rate | 42.1% | 41.0% | 40.0% | 40.8% | 40.4% | 41.2% | 40.0% | 37.3% | 35.1% | 25.7% | 20.3% | 27.0% | 26.3% | 26.9% | 24.0% | 27.8% | — | 85.7% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.6% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | −43.4% | 321.2% | 139.4% | 181.1% | 72.1% | 437.8% | 119.9% | 168.8% | 213.1% | 110.1% | 98.5% | 179.6% | 183.2% | 177.1% | 92.4% | 529.7% | — | >999% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 80.1% | 60.3% | 51.7% | 105.8% | 54.3% | 248.2% | 53.7% | 31.2% | 77.9% | 24.7% | 32.2% | 44.8% | 116.2% | 43.0% | 49.1% | 97.8% | — | >999% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | 18.8% | 37.1% | 62.7% | 75.3% | 56.7% | 44.8% | 148.0% | 36.6% | 22.4% | 32.7% | 24.9% | 94.1% | 47.3% | 136.1% | 31.5% | — | 51.3% |
| 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 | 13.5% | 16.6% | 13.4% | 12.0% | 10.3% | 15.9% | 12.9% | 12.5% |
| Operating margin | −0.9% | 3.6% | −0.4% | −1.5% | −2.8% | 3.3% | 0.4% | −0.1% |
| Net margin | −0.6% | 2.7% | −0.3% | −1.2% | −2.0% | 1.7% | 0.2% | −0.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 37.6% | −24.1% | −5.2% | −1.2% | 14.7% | −3.9% | 2.4% | −1.0% |
| Current ratio | 1.08 | 1.13 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.06 | 1.09 | 1.11 | 1.11 |
| Debt to equity | 380.4% | 310.1% | 329.5% | 424.1% | 802.2% | 550.7% | 686.9% | 952.3% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.8bn of assets due within a year against $1.6bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt $599m of cash against $419m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 952% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 1088% to 952% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $232m of operating cash flow against $419m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $20m against $25m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Insperity'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 13 / 20
Net income has been a median 8.4% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 8 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 16.7%, moving by 1.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 1 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 3.7%; its worst year was 0.3%.
- Cash conversion 11 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 4.2% of revenue.
- Discipline 17 / 20
The diluted share count fell 0.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (50 before it).
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