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
| Fiscal year | 2014Jun 2014 | 2015Jun 2015 | 2016Jul 2016 | 2017Jul 2017 | 2018Jun 2018 | 2019Jun 2019 | 2020Jun 2020 | 2021Jul 2021 | 2022Jul 2022 | 2023Jul 2023 | 2024Jun 2024 | 2025Jun 2025 | 2026Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 12.4% | 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 margin | 0.8% | 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 margin | 0.1% | 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 margin | 0.2% | 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 equity | 3.6% | 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 | — | 4.55 | 4.73 | 4.62 | 4.51 | 4.56 | 4.05 | 3.91 | 5.03 | 4.60 | 4.50 | 4.05 | 3.69 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.47 | 1.47 | 1.51 | 1.50 | 1.57 | 1.32 | 1.42 | 1.66 | 1.71 | 1.64 | 1.58 | 1.51 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 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) | 1.3x | 1.9x | 2.4x | 3.8x | 4.2x | 4.3x | n/m | 1.3x | 1.8x | 3.5x | 3.6x | 2.3x | 2.1x |
| Effective tax rate | 48.7% | 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 revenue | 0.7% | 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 income | 187.7% | 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% |
| Quarter | 2025 Q1Sept 2024 | 2025 Q2Dec 2024 | 2025 Q3Mar 2025 | 2025 Q4Jun 2025 | 2026 Q1Sept 2025 | 2026 Q2Dec 2025 | 2026 Q3Mar 2026 | 2026 Q4Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 11.4% | 11.7% | 11.9% | 11.8% | 11.8% | 12.0% | 11.9% | 12.0% |
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.8% |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −0.3% | 1.4% | 2.1% | 1.2% | −1.3% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 1.2% |
| Current ratio | 1.70 | 1.67 | 1.61 | 1.58 | 1.67 | 1.60 | 1.52 | 1.51 |
| Debt to equity | 93.3% | 133.7% | 125.0% | 120.5% | 123.2% | 113.5% | 108.4% | 102.2% |
Financial health
- 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.
Moat
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.
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