Optex Systems Holdings Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Optex Systems Holdings Inc had return on equity of 23.9% and a net margin of 12.5%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Oct 2010 | 2011Oct 2011 | 2012Sept 2012 | 2013Sept 2013 | 2014Sept 2014 | 2015Sept 2015 | 2016Oct 2016 | 2017Oct 2017 | 2018Sept 2018 | 2019Sept 2019 | 2020Sept 2020 | 2021Oct 2021 | 2022Oct 2022 | 2023Oct 2023 | 2024Sept 2024 | 2025Sept 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | −42.0% | 3.6% | −2.6% | 0.8% | −20.2% | 3.8% | −1.2% | −1.6% | 6.7% | 23.1% | 7.0% | 11.7% | 5.7% | 8.8% | 11.1% | 12.5% | 9.8% |
| Return on equity | −136.8% | 8.0% | −4.8% | 1.8% | −30.0% | 7.0% | −2.7% | −4.6% | 22.7% | 61.1% | 13.9% | 14.4% | 9.1% | 16.6% | 22.4% | 23.9% | 14.9% |
| Return on assets | −88.6% | 5.8% | −3.4% | 1.1% | −18.8% | 4.8% | −1.7% | −2.3% | 10.4% | 37.5% | 9.6% | 10.3% | 6.5% | 11.1% | 15.8% | 18.5% | 12.4% |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | 36.9% | — | 0.0% | — | — | 10.7% | −25.5% | 22.5% | −5.0% | 22.1% | 17.2% | 21.1% | 19.0% | 15.7% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $28m of assets due within a year against $4m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $28m short-term assets against $807,000 of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Optex Systems'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
Net income has been a median 11.9% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 6 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 23.9%, moving by 4.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 2 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 9.9%; its worst year was -3.8%.
- Cash conversion 8 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 10 years, at a median 4.1% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 17.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% 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 (56 before it).
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