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Penguin Solutions, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Penguin Solutions, Inc. had return on equity of 39.5% and a net margin of 10.4%. 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.

Fiscal year2015Aug 20152016Aug 20162017Aug 20172018Aug 20182019Aug 20192020Aug 20202021Aug 20212022Aug 20222023Aug 20232024Aug 20242025Aug 20252026Aug 2026
Net margin−7.2%−3.7%−1.0%9.3%4.2%−0.1%2.0%4.8%−13.0%−4.5%1.9%10.4%
Return on equity——−19.2%88.6%22.3%−0.4%7.2%19.5%−63.1%−17.1%6.5%39.5%
Return on assets—−4.4%−1.7%20.7%7.5%−0.2%2.0%4.6%−12.2%−3.5%1.6%8.2%
Effective tax rate———13.3%22.5%——42.5%——41.0%−22.3%
R&D as % of revenue6.8%7.1%5.0%3.1%4.0%4.6%5.7%5.6%6.3%7.0%5.8%4.7%
SG&A as % of revenue13.9%10.8%8.8%6.6%8.5%11.0%15.0%14.7%18.1%20.0%17.4%12.7%

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 6 checks passed · August 28, 2026
What it owns · $2.8bn
Short-term assets $2.2bnLonger-term assets $530m
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.6bn
Short-term liabilities $1.2bnLonger-term liabilities $842mShareholders' equity $521m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.2bn of assets due within a year against $1.2bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.2bn short-term assets against $842m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $647m of cash against $789m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 152% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 139% to 152% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt −$152m of operating cash flow against $789m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Penguin Solutions, 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

43 /100

Weak moat

How hard Penguin Solutions'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 14 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 11.1% of total assets over 8 years.

  • Pricing power 8 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 25.1%, moving by 3.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 0 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 4.1%; its worst year was -1.5%.

  • Cash conversion 11 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 4.9% of revenue.

  • Discipline 11 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 16.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 2.3% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

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 Penguin Solutions, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 21, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Penguin Solutions, Inc.