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Parsons Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Parsons Corp had return on equity of 9.5% and a net margin of 3.8%. 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.

Fiscal year2017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Net margin3.2%6.2%3.0%2.5%1.8%2.3%3.0%3.5%3.8%2.3%
Return on equity——36.4%5.7%3.4%4.9%7.4%10.0%9.5%5.6%
Return on assets—8.5%4.0%2.7%1.6%2.4%3.6%4.6%4.3%2.5%
Effective tax rate16.1%7.8%—26.3%21.0%23.9%21.3%20.9%19.3%22.7%
SG&A as % of revenue——19.8%18.6%20.7%18.5%16.0%14.1%16.0%17.0%
Dividends ÷ net income0.0%0.0%43.2%0.0%0.0%—————

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 7 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $6.0bn
Short-term assets $2.6bnLonger-term assets $3.4bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $5.9bn
Short-term liabilities $1.6bnLonger-term liabilities $1.6bnShareholders' equity $2.6bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.6bn of assets due within a year against $1.6bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.6bn short-term assets against $1.6bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $297m of cash against $1.4bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 51% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 31% to 51% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $490m of operating cash flow against $1.4bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $306m against $62m of interest.

From Parsons Corp'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

34 /100

Weak moat

How hard Parsons's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 8 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 3 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 4.1% of total assets over 6 years.

  • Pricing power 9 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 21.8%, moving by 0.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.

  • Durability 7 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 4.6%; its worst year was 2.4%.

  • Cash conversion 13 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 8 years, at a median 6.2% of revenue.

  • Discipline 17 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 0.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.7% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (49 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 Parsons Corp'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 Parsons Corp.