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NXP Semiconductors key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, NXP Semiconductors had return on equity of 21.0% and a net margin of 16.5%. 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.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Net margin−4.7%−10.4%9.3%−2.6%7.2%9.5%25.0%2.1%23.9%23.5%2.7%0.6%16.9%21.1%21.1%19.9%16.5%23.4%
Return on equity−16.0%−45.0%36.6%−10.5%29.6%58.6%25.3%1.8%18.1%18.4%2.4%0.6%24.2%39.9%34.8%28.2%21.0%29.2%
Return on assets—−6.0%5.5%−1.8%5.4%8.1%9.2%0.8%9.1%9.7%1.2%0.3%9.2%12.6%11.8%10.3%7.9%11.9%
Effective tax rate——21.0%—5.3%6.3%−7.0%—−27.8%7.4%6.9%—12.5%15.7%15.6%17.6%19.7%19.8%
R&D as % of revenue21.7%12.9%15.1%14.4%13.3%13.5%14.6%16.4%16.8%18.1%18.5%20.0%17.5%16.3%18.2%18.6%19.2%17.9%
SG&A as % of revenue—21.9%21.9%22.4%13.8%12.1%15.1%12.0%11.8%10.6%10.4%10.2%8.6%8.1%8.7%9.2%9.8%9.0%
Dividends ÷ net income———————0.0%0.0%3.4%131.3%807.7%30.0%29.2%36.0%41.4%50.7%31.7%

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

4 of 7 checks passed · September 27, 2026
What it owns · $27.6bn
Short-term assets $8.4bnLonger-term assets $19.2bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $27.2bn
Short-term liabilities $4.0bnLonger-term liabilities $11.2bnShareholders' equity $12.1bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $8.4bn of assets due within a year against $4.0bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $8.4bn short-term assets against $11.2bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $3.9bn of cash against $11.0bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 91% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 162% to 91% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $3.8bn of operating cash flow against $11.0bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $4.5bn against $461m of interest.

From NXP Semiconductors'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

81 /100

Strong moat

How hard NXP Semiconductors'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 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 23.3% of total assets over 7 years.

  • Pricing power 15 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 54.2%, moving by 5.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 8 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 23.0%; its worst year was 1.8%.

  • Cash conversion 19 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 19.4% of revenue.

  • Discipline 19 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 10.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 3.2% 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 NXP Semiconductors'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 NXP Semiconductors.