Pagerduty, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2026, Pagerduty, Inc. had return on equity of 90.4%, an operating margin of 1.2%, debt equal to 165.9% of equity and a current ratio of 2.01. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2018Jan 2018 | 2019Jan 2019 | 2020Jan 2020 | 2021Jan 2021 | 2022Jan 2022 | 2023Jan 2023 | 2024Jan 2024 | 2025Jan 2025 | 2026Jan 2026 | LTMJul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 84.0% | 85.4% | 85.2% | 85.6% | 82.8% | 81.0% | 81.9% | 83.0% | 84.9% | 84.8% |
| Operating margin | −48.1% | −35.9% | −33.4% | −31.0% | −36.1% | −34.9% | −22.3% | −12.8% | 1.2% | 6.5% |
| Net margin | −47.9% | −34.6% | −30.3% | −32.3% | −38.2% | −34.6% | −17.5% | −9.1% | 35.2% | 37.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −15.9% | −7.9% | −3.2% | 2.8% | −3.4% | 3.3% | 16.2% | 24.6% | 22.7% | 25.6% |
| Return on equity | — | — | −42.1% | −20.4% | −33.9% | −50.6% | −36.4% | −28.4% | 90.4% | 75.8% |
| Return on assets | — | −20.7% | −15.9% | −11.2% | −13.4% | −15.8% | −8.6% | −4.6% | 18.1% | 18.9% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.60 | 0.53 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.51 | 0.51 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.95 | 3.52 | 3.70 | 2.84 | 2.21 | 2.50 | 1.93 | 2.01 | 2.02 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | — | 82.8% | 112.4% | 123.0% | 285.3% | 373.2% | 165.9% | 171.1% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | — | — | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | 0.7x | 3.8x |
| R&D as % of revenue | 42.1% | 33.0% | 29.5% | 30.2% | 34.0% | 36.4% | 32.5% | 30.3% | 25.8% | 24.8% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.0% | 3.2% | 3.1% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 64.6% | 68.8% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 71.6% | 87.0% | 120.6% | 164.1% |
| Quarter | 2025 Q3Oct 2024 | 2025 Q4Jan 2025 | 2026 Q1Apr 2025 | 2026 Q2Jul 2025 | 2026 Q3Oct 2025 | 2026 Q4Jan 2026 | 2027 Q1Apr 2026 | 2027 Q2Jul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 83.0% | 83.6% | 84.0% | 84.6% | 85.3% | 85.9% | 84.3% | 83.9% |
| Operating margin | −8.7% | −9.6% | −8.6% | 2.9% | 6.5% | 3.6% | 7.6% | 8.2% |
| Net margin | −5.0% | −7.2% | −6.0% | 7.8% | 129.7% | 7.5% | 4.4% | 6.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 18.1% | 24.9% | 25.2% | 26.8% | 19.3% | 19.7% | 35.8% | 27.9% |
| Current ratio | 1.97 | 1.93 | 2.02 | 2.39 | 2.37 | 2.01 | 1.95 | 2.02 |
| Debt to equity | — | 373.2% | — | — | — | 165.9% | — | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | 28.8% | 28.5% | 28.4% | 25.0% | 23.6% | 26.1% | 24.8% | 24.8% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $579m of assets due within a year against $287m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $579m short-term assets against $424m 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 Operating income of $32m against $8m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Pagerduty's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 8 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 6 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 6.2% of total assets over 7 years.
- Pricing power 20 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 83.8%, moving by 1.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -26.8%; its worst year was -37.5%.
- Cash conversion 9 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 8 years, at a median 6.0% of revenue.
- Discipline 5 / 20
The diluted share count rose 5.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 22.9% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (51 before it).
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