Opal Fuels Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Opal Fuels Inc. had an operating margin of 2.1% and a current ratio of 1.18. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.6% | 3.2% | 2.7% | 7.1% | 2.1% | 0.7% |
| Net margin | 0.0% | 1.4% | 7.4% | 0.2% | 1.2% | −0.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −42.6% | −56.4% | −29.5% | −32.0% | −9.8% | −15.2% |
| Return on equity | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | −6.3% |
| Return on assets | 0.0% | 0.7% | 2.7% | 0.1% | 0.5% | −0.0% |
| Asset turnover | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.34 |
| Current ratio | 0.61 | 1.39 | 1.72 | 1.13 | 1.18 | 1.82 |
| Debt to equity | >999% | — | — | — | — | >999% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | 1.0x | 0.3x | — |
| Effective tax rate | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | — | 2.7% | 1.9% | 6.4% | 4.3% | 3.1% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 17.7% | 21.8% | 20.0% | 17.7% | 18.3% | 17.7% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 54.0% | 55.8% | 44.4% | 42.4% | 20.3% | 26.5% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | <−999% | −399.0% | <−999% | −799.5% | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.6% | −0.4% | −2.3% | −1.0% | 4.3% | 6.6% | −6.6% | −3.6% |
| Net margin | 2.8% | −1.7% | −0.3% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 2.3% | −3.6% | −1.8% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −6.4% | −68.7% | 21.2% | −36.9% | −11.1% | −13.4% | −15.6% | −21.0% |
| Current ratio | 1.25 | 1.13 | 1.15 | 1.26 | 1.47 | 1.18 | 2.20 | 1.82 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | 511.3% | — | >999% | — | >999% | >999% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 8.1% | 10.7% | 7.1% | 4.3% | 3.1% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 4.0% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 15.1% | 17.0% | 18.7% | 21.7% | 17.2% | 16.2% | 20.7% | 17.1% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $163m of assets due within a year against $90m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $163m short-term assets against $434m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $91m of cash against $440m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 1670% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 957736% to 1670% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $38m of operating cash flow against $440m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Opal Fuels's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 5 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Net income has been a median 0.2% of total assets over 5 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 2.8%; its worst year was -5.1%.
- Cash conversion 0 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 0 of 5 years, at a median -21.8% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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