Oil-dri Corp Of America key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Oil-dri Corp Of America had return on equity of 20.5%, an operating margin of 13.8%, debt equal to 25.2% of equity and a current ratio of 3.07. 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.

Oil-dri Corp Of America: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2010Jul 2010	2011Jul 2011	2012Jul 2012	2013Jul 2013	2014Jul 2014	2015Jul 2015	2016Jul 2016	2017Jul 2017	2018Jul 2018	2019Jul 2019	2020Jul 2020	2021Jul 2021	2022Jul 2022	2023Jul 2023	2024Jul 2024	2025Jul 2025	2026Jul 2026
Gross margin	22.7%	22.1%	24.5%	26.5%	22.4%	23.0%	29.4%	28.1%	27.0%	23.7%	24.3%	21.4%	17.9%	25.0%	28.6%	29.5%	27.8%
Operating margin	6.2%	6.0%	4.2%	7.5%	4.7%	5.8%	5.9%	5.8%	6.0%	3.8%	8.8%	4.3%	1.4%	9.9%	11.8%	14.0%	13.8%
Net margin	4.3%	4.0%	2.5%	5.8%	3.1%	4.3%	5.2%	4.1%	3.1%	4.6%	6.7%	3.6%	1.6%	7.2%	9.0%	11.1%	11.5%
Free-cash-flow margin	7.2%	−0.3%	6.8%	5.4%	−0.9%	4.3%	5.5%	4.6%	−1.7%	4.2%	9.8%	−1.7%	−3.7%	6.1%	6.5%	9.8%	9.3%
Return on equity	10.4%	9.7%	6.8%	15.5%	8.1%	10.6%	12.0%	8.9%	6.4%	9.4%	13.3%	7.2%	3.7%	18.1%	20.3%	23.0%	20.5%
Return on assets	6.1%	5.5%	3.5%	8.2%	4.5%	6.0%	6.9%	5.2%	4.0%	6.3%	8.6%	4.8%	2.4%	11.0%	12.3%	14.5%	13.9%
Asset turnover	1.42	1.39	1.38	1.40	1.44	1.39	1.33	1.26	1.31	1.39	1.28	1.32	1.46	1.54	1.37	1.30	1.20
Current ratio	—	3.47	3.27	3.29	2.83	2.86	2.97	2.86	2.68	2.74	2.35	2.61	2.31	2.32	2.21	2.56	3.07
Debt to equity	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	28.2%	21.4%	17.4%	25.2%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	10.1x	6.7x	4.9x	10.6x	7.9x	11.4x	14.9x	17.2x	23.5x	17.5x	47.9x	18.1x	3.9x	28.0x	28.6x	28.0x	30.9x
Effective tax rate	26.2%	25.5%	27.1%	16.6%	26.3%	19.8%	5.2%	25.8%	44.7%	13.3%	18.6%	17.9%	1.7%	15.0%	20.6%	18.4%	18.0%
R&D as % of revenue	0.8%	0.9%	0.8%	1.0%	1.0%	1.1%	1.2%	1.2%	1.3%	1.2%	1.0%	0.8%	0.6%	0.3%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%
SG&A as % of revenue	16.5%	16.0%	19.7%	19.0%	17.7%	17.2%	23.5%	22.3%	21.1%	19.9%	20.1%	17.1%	14.9%	15.1%	16.8%	15.4%	14.1%
Capital spending as % of revenue	4.8%	6.1%	2.9%	3.9%	7.0%	6.1%	4.1%	5.6%	5.7%	5.4%	5.2%	6.2%	6.3%	5.9%	7.3%	6.7%	6.9%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	167.1%	−7.7%	268.6%	93.0%	−27.2%	97.8%	106.4%	112.9%	−54.2%	92.9%	146.7%	−46.8%	−229.0%	85.9%	71.8%	88.2%	80.6%
Dividends ÷ net income	42.2%	46.6%	73.6%	31.7%	59.4%	46.2%	41.1%	54.9%	75.6%	52.8%	37.2%	64.7%	130.0%	25.2%	19.8%	15.5%	18.2%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	63.2%	—	65.5%	35.4%	—	48.3%	38.8%	49.7%	—	58.1%	45.3%	—	—	33.5%	37.4%	22.6%	50.0%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Oil-dri Corp Of America: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2025 Q1Oct 2024	2025 Q2Jan 2025	2025 Q3Apr 2025	2025 Q4Jul 2025	2026 Q1Oct 2025	2026 Q2Jan 2026	2026 Q3Apr 2026	2026 Q4Jul 2026
Gross margin	31.9%	29.5%	28.6%	27.8%	29.5%	27.4%	26.7%	27.8%
Operating margin	16.6%	15.0%	12.0%	12.5%	14.1%	13.3%	13.5%	14.1%
Net margin	12.8%	11.1%	10.1%	10.4%	12.8%	10.7%	11.5%	11.2%
Free-cash-flow margin	−1.5%	14.0%	13.8%	13.7%	1.1%	10.5%	14.8%	10.5%
Current ratio	2.63	2.86	2.83	2.56	3.34	3.45	3.28	3.07
Debt to equity	20.4%	17.3%	16.5%	15.4%	14.9%	14.6%	14.0%	13.1%
SG&A as % of revenue	15.3%	14.5%	16.6%	15.3%	15.4%	14.1%	13.2%	13.7%

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

7 of 7 checks passed · July 31, 2026

What it owns · $429m

Short-term assets $209mLonger-term assets $220m

What it owes, and who funded it · $429m

Short-term liabilities $68mLonger-term liabilities $63mShareholders' equity $298m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $209m of assets due within a year against $68m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $209m short-term assets against $63m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $74m of cash against $39m of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 13% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 21% to 13% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $80m of operating cash flow against $39m of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $68m against $2m of interest.

From Oil-dri Corp Of America'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

47 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Oil-dri Corp Of America'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 10 / 20

Net income has been a median 7.1% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 8 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 26.0%, moving by 3.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 4 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 7.4%; its worst year was 1.4%.
Cash conversion 10 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 10 years, at a median 5.4% of revenue.
Discipline 15 / 20

The diluted share count rose 3.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% 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 Oil-dri Corp Of America'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 Oil-dri Corp Of America.