Onewater Marine Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Onewater Marine Inc. had return on equity of -35.5%, an operating margin of -4.6%, debt equal to 146.0% of equity and a current ratio of 1.14. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2020Sept 2020 | 2021Sept 2021 | 2022Sept 2022 | 2023Sept 2023 | 2024Sept 2024 | 2025Sept 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 23.0% | 29.1% | 31.7% | 27.6% | 24.5% | 22.8% | 23.5% |
| Operating margin | 7.7% | 12.1% | 12.5% | 0.9% | 3.7% | −4.6% | −5.1% |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 6.4% | 7.5% | −2.0% | −0.3% | −6.1% | −6.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 20.2% | 12.2% | −0.2% | −7.8% | 0.5% | 4.3% | 3.1% |
| Return on equity | 14.2% | 45.3% | 42.8% | −10.4% | −1.6% | −35.5% | −42.7% |
| Return on assets | 3.8% | 13.4% | 11.8% | −2.4% | −0.3% | −7.7% | −9.0% |
| Asset turnover | 2.23 | 2.08 | 1.57 | 1.22 | 1.08 | 1.25 | 1.34 |
| Current ratio | 1.36 | 1.23 | 1.25 | 1.32 | 1.28 | 1.14 | 1.22 |
| Debt to equity | 74.5% | 51.6% | 117.4% | 129.7% | 119.3% | 146.0% | 122.9% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 8.9x | 34.3x | 16.5x | 0.5x | 1.7x | n/m | n/m |
| Effective tax rate | 11.5% | 18.1% | 22.1% | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 14.0% | 16.2% | 17.3% | 17.8% | 18.8% | 18.3% | 18.7% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | >999% | 189.1% | −3.0% | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 0.0% | 1.3% | 0.0% | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 0.0% | 0.7% | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Sept 2024 | 2025 Q1Dec 2024 | 2025 Q2Mar 2025 | 2025 Q3Jun 2025 | 2025 Q4Sept 2025 | 2026 Q1Dec 2025 | 2026 Q2Mar 2026 | 2026 Q3Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 24.0% | 22.4% | 22.8% | 23.3% | 22.6% | 23.5% | 23.9% | 24.0% |
| Operating margin | 1.2% | −0.5% | 3.4% | 5.5% | −28.3% | −1.4% | 1.7% | 6.7% |
| Net margin | −2.4% | −3.2% | −0.1% | 1.9% | −24.5% | −2.0% | −2.9% | 2.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.1% | −10.7% | 4.9% | 16.1% | 1.6% | −20.6% | 11.3% | 14.6% |
| Current ratio | 1.28 | 1.24 | 1.20 | 1.23 | 1.14 | 1.13 | 1.16 | 1.22 |
| Debt to equity | 117.2% | 120.7% | 111.9% | 106.7% | 144.6% | 143.9% | 131.2% | 121.7% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 21.0% | 21.0% | 18.2% | 16.7% | 18.3% | 21.4% | 19.4% | 16.4% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $675m of assets due within a year against $554m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $675m short-term assets against $464m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $79m of cash against $348m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 122% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 125% to 122% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $66m of operating cash flow against $348m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$92m against $32m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Onewater Marine's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 7 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 11 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 8.9% of total assets over 6 years.
- Pricing power 8 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 25.1%, moving by 3.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 7 years.
- Durability 1 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 7.8%; its worst year was -5.1%.
- Cash conversion 9 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 7 years, at a median 3.4% 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 (36 before it).
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