Quicklogic Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Quicklogic Corp had return on equity of -62.6%, an operating margin of -86.5%, debt equal to 4.1% of equity and a current ratio of 1.14. 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.

Quicklogic Corp: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2009Jan 2010	2010Jan 2011	2011Jan 2012	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Jan 2016	2016Jan 2017	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Jan 2021	2021Jan 2022	2022Jan 2023	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Gross margin	47.8%	63.3%	59.4%	47.3%	33.6%	39.7%	39.8%	33.0%	45.5%	50.2%	57.3%	49.2%	58.5%	54.4%	68.3%	61.5%	22.0%	27.3%
Operating margin	−64.2%	−3.6%	−35.0%	−81.4%	−45.2%	−46.0%	−92.4%	−164.6%	−114.8%	−107.7%	−149.0%	−125.9%	−59.3%	−23.5%	0.3%	−12.8%	−86.5%	−69.0%
Net margin	−64.7%	0.5%	−36.2%	−82.4%	−47.1%	−47.0%	−94.2%	−167.7%	−116.3%	−109.1%	−149.8%	−129.2%	−52.2%	−26.4%	−1.2%	−19.5%	−107.6%	−80.1%
Free-cash-flow margin	−38.6%	−3.7%	−16.2%	−66.3%	−39.6%	−42.4%	−64.2%	−150.7%	−111.8%	−102.9%	−118.0%	−81.0%	−24.0%	−25.9%	−2.9%	−27.4%	−46.7%	—
Return on equity	−45.9%	0.5%	−28.0%	−47.2%	−36.2%	−34.3%	−63.9%	−118.5%	−105.2%	−85.8%	−99.4%	−84.8%	−61.0%	−40.4%	−1.8%	−18.4%	−62.6%	−48.6%
Return on assets	—	0.4%	−24.3%	−41.1%	−30.6%	−29.0%	−51.3%	−76.1%	−60.8%	−45.4%	−44.4%	−33.6%	−21.4%	−13.9%	−0.7%	−7.7%	−30.6%	−29.7%
Asset turnover	—	0.78	0.67	0.50	0.65	0.62	0.54	0.45	0.52	0.42	0.30	0.26	0.41	0.53	0.53	0.39	0.28	0.37
Current ratio	—	7.43	7.12	8.44	5.57	8.76	4.30	1.92	2.34	1.83	1.58	1.57	1.28	1.40	1.17	1.17	1.14	2.15
Debt to equity	0.0%	1.4%	1.2%	1.6%	5.7%	4.0%	12.2%	51.8%	44.7%	89.4%	—	129.7%	162.9%	129.8%	126.7%	4.8%	4.1%	24.8%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	0.3x	n/m	n/m	n/m
R&D as % of revenue	41.2%	28.5%	46.9%	58.5%	32.1%	43.8%	74.6%	107.4%	78.8%	78.8%	119.8%	87.4%	54.6%	30.9%	30.4%	29.7%	38.4%	36.2%
SG&A as % of revenue	70.4%	38.4%	47.5%	70.1%	46.0%	41.9%	56.0%	90.3%	81.5%	79.0%	86.5%	79.0%	63.1%	47.0%	37.6%	44.6%	67.4%	60.0%
Capital spending as % of revenue	0.8%	3.2%	4.3%	8.3%	4.8%	3.8%	1.8%	17.1%	5.3%	2.8%	5.6%	2.9%	1.4%	0.9%	25.8%	27.5%	23.0%	0.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	—	−793.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Quicklogic Corp: financial ratios, quarterly
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
Gross margin	59.1%	62.7%	43.4%	25.9%	−23.3%	18.1%	36.5%	43.9%
Operating margin	−38.1%	2.6%	−45.8%	−68.4%	−193.5%	−93.5%	−41.9%	−31.3%
Net margin	−49.8%	−5.4%	−50.7%	−72.4%	−197.5%	−159.3%	−43.7%	−16.2%
Free-cash-flow margin	−2.0%	−20.6%	−80.3%	−19.7%	−61.8%	—	1.2%	18.2%
Current ratio	1.12	1.17	1.18	1.27	1.18	1.14	1.68	2.15
Debt to equity	16.3%	4.8%	10.7%	8.3%	7.6%	4.1%	13.9%	8.8%
R&D as % of revenue	42.7%	24.3%	29.3%	32.4%	68.9%	38.5%	29.9%	28.4%
SG&A as % of revenue	54.5%	35.7%	58.6%	53.2%	101.4%	73.1%	48.2%	46.6%

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

4 of 6 checks passed · June 28, 2026

What it owns · $43m

Short-term assets $23mLonger-term assets $20m

What it owes, and who funded it · $43m

Short-term liabilities $11mLonger-term liabilities $1mShareholders' equity $31m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $23m of assets due within a year against $11m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $23m short-term assets against $923,000 of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $18m of cash against $3m of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 9% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 0% to 9% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$11m against $290,000 of interest.

From Quicklogic 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

19 /100

Weak moat

How hard Quicklogic'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 -30.4% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 9 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 50.5%, moving by 11.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 10 / 20

Operating margin has been a median -85.5%; its worst year was -139.4%.
Cash conversion 0 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 0 of 10 years, at a median -66.6% of revenue.
Discipline 0 / 20

The diluted share count rose 54.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 17.2% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

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 Quicklogic 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 Quicklogic Corp.