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Playboy, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Playboy, Inc. had an operating margin of -6.6%, debt equal to 947.9% of equity and a current ratio of 1.03. 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.

Playboy, Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin49.6%52.7%55.3%61.7%64.0%71.0%72.7%
Operating margin9.2%−27.9%−159.6%−133.2%−43.8%−6.6%4.3%
Net margin−3.6%−31.5%−149.7%−126.2%−68.4%−10.5%0.2%
Free-cash-flow margin−0.0%−22.0%−36.0%−32.8%−18.4%−0.8%1.3%
Return on equity−6.3%−30.7%−96.1%−179.4%——1.4%
Return on assets−1.3%−11.5%−37.3%−40.6%−25.7%−4.4%0.1%
Asset turnover0.360.370.250.320.380.420.43
Current ratio0.881.181.301.181.031.030.79
Debt to equity199.1%56.2%129.9%461.1%—947.9%707.3%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)1.0xn/mn/mn/mn/mn/m0.6x
SG&A as % of revenue39.7%80.1%81.1%86.1%85.0%75.3%68.8%
Capital spending as % of revenue0.6%7.1%4.0%2.5%1.9%0.8%1.1%
Free cash flow ÷ net income——————590.1%

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

0 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $289m
Short-term assets $59mLonger-term assets $230m
What it owes, and who funded it · $288m
Short-term liabilities $75mLonger-term liabilities $191mShareholders' equity $22m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $59m of assets due within a year against $75m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $59m short-term assets against $191m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $32m of cash against $156m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 707% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 54% to 707% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $3m of operating cash flow against $156m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $5m against $9m of interest.

From Playboy, 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

23 /100

Weak moat

How hard Playboy'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 0 / 20

    Net income has been a median -11.0% of total assets over 6 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -29.7%; its worst year was -296.7%.

  • Discipline 7 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 298.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 4.8% 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 (28 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 Playboy, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Playboy, Inc.