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Performance Food Group Co key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Performance Food Group Co had return on equity of 7.7%, an operating margin of 1.3%, debt equal to 102.7% of equity and a current ratio of 1.51. 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.

Performance Food Group Co: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2014Jun 20142015Jun 20152016Jul 20162017Jul 20172018Jun 20182019Jun 20192020Jun 20202021Jul 20212022Jul 20222023Jul 20232024Jun 20242025Jun 20252026Jun 2026
Gross margin12.4%12.1%12.5%12.7%13.0%12.7%11.4%11.6%10.3%10.9%11.3%11.7%11.9%
Operating margin0.8%1.0%1.3%1.3%1.4%1.4%−0.4%0.7%0.6%1.3%1.4%1.3%1.3%
Net margin0.1%0.4%0.4%0.6%1.1%0.8%−0.5%0.1%0.2%0.7%0.7%0.5%0.5%
Free-cash-flow margin0.2%0.2%0.7%0.4%1.3%0.9%1.9%−0.4%0.1%1.0%1.3%1.1%1.5%
Return on equity3.6%12.2%10.5%11.1%19.3%13.7%−6.9%2.0%4.2%11.3%11.1%7.9%7.7%
Return on assets—1.7%2.0%2.7%5.1%3.9%−1.8%0.5%1.1%3.2%3.4%2.2%2.0%
Asset turnover—4.554.734.624.514.564.053.915.034.604.504.053.69
Current ratio—1.471.471.511.501.571.321.421.661.711.641.581.51
Debt to equity0.0%288.6%142.7%140.2%104.3%104.0%119.1%107.8%119.5%93.2%78.0%121.1%102.7%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)1.3x1.9x2.4x3.8x4.2x4.3xn/m1.3x1.8x3.5x3.6x2.3x2.1x
Effective tax rate48.7%41.5%40.3%38.9%−2.6%23.6%—25.6%32.7%27.0%27.0%25.9%26.0%
Capital spending as % of revenue0.7%0.6%0.7%0.8%0.8%0.7%0.6%0.6%0.4%0.5%0.7%0.8%0.6%
Free cash flow ÷ net income187.7%51.0%159.3%63.9%114.2%106.9%—−305.2%54.2%141.6%176.0%207.0%286.6%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow—————5.2%1.1%—0.0%2.0%10.2%8.2%0.1%

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

3 of 6 checks passed · June 27, 2026
What it owns · $18.8bn
Short-term assets $7.8bnLonger-term assets $11.0bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $18.8bn
Short-term liabilities $5.2bnLonger-term liabilities $8.8bnShareholders' equity $4.9bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $7.8bn of assets due within a year against $5.2bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $7.8bn short-term assets against $8.8bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 102% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 122% to 102% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $1.4bn of operating cash flow against $5.0bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $888m against $414m of interest.

From Performance Food Group Co'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

29 /100

Weak moat

How hard Performance Food Group'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 0 / 20

    Net income has been a median 2.2% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 8 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 11.7%, moving by 0.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 0 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 1.3%; its worst year was -0.4%.

  • Cash conversion 10 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 1.0% of revenue.

  • Discipline 11 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 17.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.0% 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 Performance Food Group Co's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Performance Food Group Co.