Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. had an operating margin of 14.8% and a current ratio of 1.07. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | — | 27.1% | 28.3% | 32.1% | 31.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 9.0% | 4.4% | 1.9% | 5.2% | 6.4% | 8.5% | 10.8% | 15.2% | 14.8% | 13.8% |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 1.0% | −4.7% | −9.0% | 6.3% | −4.8% | −5.9% | −6.5% | −2.7% | 5.8% | 5.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.3% | 7.9% | 5.5% | 0.3% | 1.2% | −0.1% | 7.8% | 7.9% | 7.3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| Return on equity | 17.4% | 29.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on assets | 36.6% | 2.4% | −5.5% | −8.0% | 5.8% | −2.8% | −2.9% | −3.3% | −1.4% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Asset turnover | 6.24 | 2.37 | 1.16 | 0.88 | 0.92 | 0.58 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.45 | 0.41 |
| Current ratio | 2.79 | 1.59 | 1.19 | 1.01 | 0.91 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 1.07 | 1.10 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 5.4x | 1.4x | 0.5x | 0.2x | 0.5x | 0.9x | 1.0x | 1.1x | 1.5x | 1.6x | 1.6x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35.6% | −20.3% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 4.9% | 5.8% | 8.5% | 8.3% | 6.4% | 5.5% | 5.3% | 6.0% | 5.4% | 6.6% | 6.9% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.2% | 1.7% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2.5% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 90.0% | 789.7% | — | — | 18.5% | — | — | — | — | 134.8% | 184.7% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 49.6% | 88.5% | — | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 55.1% | 11.2% | 34.0% | 248.2% | 0.0% | — | 36.7% | 43.3% | 37.0% | 0.0% | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.8% | 15.0% | 14.5% | 15.6% | 15.6% | 13.6% | 13.4% | 12.6% |
| Net margin | 2.4% | −1.7% | 3.7% | 4.5% | 11.4% | 3.6% | 3.9% | 3.8% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.4% | 8.4% | 2.2% | 3.8% | 12.5% | 12.5% | 7.3% | 9.3% |
| Current ratio | 1.04 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.07 | 1.08 | 1.10 |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 5.5% | 5.6% | 6.7% | 5.8% | 6.5% | 7.2% | 7.7% | 6.4% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.6bn of assets due within a year against $1.5bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.6bn short-term assets against $1.1bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $120m of cash against $1.0bn 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 $128m of operating cash flow against $1.0bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $138m against $86m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Priority Technology Holdings'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 -2.6% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 6 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 7.6%; its worst year was 2.5%.
- Cash conversion 12 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 8 years, at a median 5.9% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 22.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% 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 (34 before it).
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