QXO, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, QXO, Inc. had return on equity of -3.8% and a net margin of -4.1%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | −6.3% | 24.9% | −9.4% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 10.1% | −1.4% | 0.7% | 17.6% | 0.4% | −0.3% | −0.6% | −2.0% | 49.2% | −4.1% | −5.2% |
| Return on equity | — | — | — | — | — | 47.7% | 105.3% | −10.6% | 6.1% | 102.7% | 2.2% | −1.6% | −3.0% | −12.6% | 1.1% | −3.8% | −5.1% |
| Return on assets | −45.9% | 205.8% | −57.1% | 10.1% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 35.9% | −4.6% | 2.4% | 44.3% | 1.0% | −0.8% | −1.4% | −5.1% | 1.1% | −2.7% | −2.7% |
| Effective tax rate | — | 0.0% | — | — | 53.1% | 13.8% | — | — | — | — | 21.2% | — | — | — | 44.9% | — | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | — | 40.3% | 49.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40.5% | 163.4% | 20.4% | 20.6% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 7.7% | — | 0.0% | 3.3% | >999% | — | — | — | 62.1% | — | — |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $10.3bn of assets due within a year against $2.5bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $10.3bn short-term assets against $7.8bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $2.8bn of cash against $6.0bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 58% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 5% to 58% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $253m of operating cash flow against $6.0bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$338m against $242m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard QXO'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 1.0% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 9 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 39.1%, moving by 6.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -2.6%; its worst year was -13.8%.
- Cash conversion 9 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 1.3% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 131751.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.2% 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 (38 before it).
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