Oppenheimer Holdings Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Oppenheimer Holdings Inc had return on equity of 16.2%, an operating margin of 12.9% and debt equal to 0.0% of equity. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.7% | 7.2% | 14.1% | 16.1% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 7.4% | 12.9% | 7.2% |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 3.7% | 1.1% | −0.4% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 0.2% | −0.1% | 2.5% | 3.0% | 5.1% | 10.3% | 11.4% | 2.9% | 2.4% | 5.0% | 9.1% | 4.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.7% | −14.4% | 8.0% | −2.5% | −1.7% | 7.5% | −2.8% | −8.5% | −2.4% | 16.7% | 6.7% | −4.9% | 15.7% | 4.3% | −2.9% | −7.9% | 11.2% | 3.3% |
| Return on equity | 4.5% | 8.0% | 2.0% | −0.7% | 4.9% | 1.7% | 0.4% | −0.2% | 4.4% | 5.4% | 9.3% | 19.2% | 21.1% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 8.7% | 16.2% | 8.8% |
| Return on assets | — | 1.5% | 0.3% | −0.1% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.1% | −0.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 2.3% | 4.7% | 5.5% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 2.3% | 4.2% | 2.2% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.41 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.39 | 0.41 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.39 | 0.45 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.45 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | — | 38.4% | 38.9% | 37.3% | 28.4% | 29.0% | 29.4% | 38.2% | 36.7% | 25.3% | 18.1% | 15.1% | 14.3% | 14.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0x | 1.6x | 10.8x | 22.8x | 1.9x | 0.7x | — | — | — |
| Effective tax rate | 43.8% | 40.0% | 29.3% | — | 40.4% | 94.1% | — | — | — | 35.6% | 29.3% | 27.2% | 29.2% | 29.5% | 35.3% | 32.6% | 29.9% | 32.3% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 225.5% | −387.8% | 740.1% | — | −69.6% | 837.5% | <−999% | — | −95.3% | 553.4% | 130.5% | −47.6% | 138.1% | 148.9% | −118.8% | −158.4% | 123.7% | 66.3% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 27.7% | 15.2% | 58.3% | — | 23.9% | 67.8% | 306.2% | — | 25.6% | 20.2% | 11.2% | 15.1% | 12.2% | 21.8% | 21.4% | 9.6% | 5.1% | 21.5% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 13.5% | — | 7.9% | — | — | 8.1% | — | — | — | 7.3% | 20.8% | — | 12.4% | 140.5% | — | — | 5.7% | 36.4% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 11.2% | 8.6% | 7.5% | 22.4% | −6.1% | 8.7% | 2.3% |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 8.3% | 5.8% | 5.1% | 15.7% | −4.6% | 6.0% | 1.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 19.0% | −25.4% | 10.4% | 14.7% | 37.2% | −42.7% | −12.5% | 33.7% |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Moat
Strong moat
How hard Oppenheimer'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 2.1% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 7.9%; its worst year was 4.7%.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 16.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 2.1% 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 (83 before it).
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