Paymentus Holdings, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Paymentus Holdings, Inc. had return on equity of 12.8%, an operating margin of 6.3%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 4.46. 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.

Paymentus Holdings, Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMSept 2026
Gross margin	31.6%	30.7%	30.7%	30.1%	29.7%	27.3%	24.8%	25.2%
Operating margin	7.8%	6.1%	2.6%	−0.6%	2.9%	5.1%	6.3%	8.2%
Net margin	5.8%	4.5%	2.4%	−0.1%	3.6%	5.1%	5.6%	6.7%
Free-cash-flow margin	7.0%	11.7%	4.7%	3.7%	11.1%	7.2%	13.5%	11.8%
Return on equity	20.0%	17.9%	4.0%	−0.1%	5.4%	9.7%	12.8%	15.7%
Return on assets	—	11.0%	3.1%	−0.1%	4.6%	8.2%	10.8%	13.2%
Asset turnover	—	2.42	1.32	1.06	1.27	1.61	1.92	1.99
Current ratio	—	2.57	3.45	4.45	4.31	4.24	4.46	4.82
Debt to equity	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Effective tax rate	25.9%	25.3%	10.3%	—	11.2%	18.1%	21.5%	26.1%
R&D as % of revenue	7.6%	8.1%	8.6%	8.3%	7.2%	5.9%	5.1%	4.4%
Capital spending as % of revenue	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	120.3%	256.5%	199.1%	—	305.7%	143.0%	241.7%	177.2%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Paymentus Holdings, Inc.: financial ratios, quarterly
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
Gross margin	25.6%	24.0%	25.5%	24.1%	25.4%	24.1%	26.1%	25.2%
Operating margin	5.5%	5.7%	5.7%	6.4%	7.3%	7.4%	9.0%	9.0%
Net margin	5.1%	5.0%	5.3%	5.7%	6.3%	5.8%	7.1%	7.4%
Free-cash-flow margin	10.8%	18.3%	11.2%	11.3%	13.6%	8.5%	13.5%	11.7%
Current ratio	4.24	4.46	4.56	4.36	4.46	4.41	4.89	4.82
R&D as % of revenue	5.3%	5.5%	5.4%	4.9%	4.8%	4.6%	4.2%	4.1%

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

2 of 2 checks passed · September 30, 2026

What it owns · $764m

Short-term assets $534mLonger-term assets $230m

What it owes, and who funded it · $764m

Short-term liabilities $111mLonger-term liabilities $10mShareholders' equity $643m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $534m of assets due within a year against $111m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $534m short-term assets against $10m 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.

From Paymentus Holdings, Inc.'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

44 /100

Weak moat

How hard Paymentus Holdings's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 15 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 11.5% of total assets over 5 years.
Pricing power 10 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 29.2%, moving by 2.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.
Durability 0 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 4.6%; its worst year was -0.9%.
Cash conversion 14 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 6 years, at a median 8.9% 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 (49 before it).

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 Paymentus Holdings, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 3, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Paymentus Holdings, Inc.