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Planet Fitness, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Planet Fitness, Inc. had an operating margin of 29.8% and a current ratio of 2.11. 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.

Planet Fitness, Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin61.4%64.1%65.7%67.7%69.9%71.6%71.8%—82.8%81.1%82.3%83.3%82.6%81.7%
Operating margin17.1%22.0%21.8%30.6%34.3%32.1%33.8%14.7%24.4%24.6%25.5%27.4%29.8%30.9%
Net margin12.1%13.2%5.6%5.7%7.7%15.4%17.1%−3.7%7.3%10.6%12.9%14.6%16.5%16.9%
Free-cash-flow margin28.3%22.4%18.8%24.7%21.7%25.1%21.3%−5.3%23.0%15.0%18.1%16.0%19.2%18.6%
Return on equity7.9%15.5%27.2%———————————
Return on assets—6.1%2.8%2.5%3.2%7.2%7.7%−0.8%2.2%4.1%4.7%5.7%7.1%7.8%
Asset turnover—0.460.510.440.410.470.450.230.300.380.370.390.430.46
Current ratio—1.241.101.101.592.963.715.073.752.271.882.082.111.58
Debt to equity0.0%250.3%————————————
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)———4.3x4.2x3.6x3.8x0.7x1.8x2.6x3.2x3.2x3.6x3.6x
Effective tax rate2.4%3.1%19.3%20.8%87.0%21.7%21.8%—10.9%31.3%28.2%27.7%27.8%27.7%
SG&A as % of revenue11.0%12.6%16.8%13.2%14.0%12.6%11.4%16.9%16.1%12.3%11.7%10.9%10.4%9.7%
Capital spending as % of revenue3.5%6.0%5.9%4.1%8.8%7.1%8.4%12.9%9.2%10.7%12.7%13.1%12.4%12.2%
Free cash flow ÷ net income234.5%170.5%335.8%434.6%281.5%163.1%124.4%—316.1%141.0%140.5%109.7%116.3%110.0%
Dividends ÷ net income———787.4%0.0%0.0%————————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow———182.9%0.0%238.5%312.9%—0.0%67.3%64.4%159.0%196.4%267.3%

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

1 of 4 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $3.0bn
Short-term assets $628mLonger-term assets $2.4bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $397m
Short-term liabilities $397mShareholders' equity $-613m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $628m of assets due within a year against $397m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $298m of cash against $2.5bn of debt.
  • 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 $434m of operating cash flow against $2.5bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $436m against $122m of interest.

From Planet Fitness, 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

88 /100

Strong moat

How hard Planet Fitness'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 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 24.5% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 16 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 77.4%, moving by 6.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 19 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 27.5%; its worst year was 23.7%.

  • Cash conversion 19 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 18.2% 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 (92 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 Planet Fitness, Inc.'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 Planet Fitness, Inc.