Ryder System Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Ryder System Inc had return on equity of 16.2% and a net margin of 3.9%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 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 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 1.3% | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 3.7% | 3.3% | 4.6% | 3.9% | 9.9% | 3.4% | −0.3% | −1.4% | 5.4% | 7.2% | 3.4% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 4.0% |
| Return on equity | 4.3% | 8.3% | 12.5% | 15.1% | 14.1% | 11.8% | 16.0% | 13.0% | 31.9% | 11.4% | −1.0% | −5.2% | 20.5% | 30.2% | 13.5% | 15.8% | 16.2% | 17.3% |
| Return on assets | 1.0% | 1.8% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 2.7% | 2.3% | 2.9% | 2.4% | 6.4% | 2.3% | −0.2% | −0.9% | 3.9% | 6.1% | 2.7% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.2% |
| Effective tax rate | 37.3% | 33.1% | 38.7% | 33.7% | 34.1% | 34.9% | 34.8% | 34.9% | — | 26.3% | — | — | 24.7% | 29.0% | 34.3% | 26.0% | 26.9% | 26.2% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 12.8% | 12.8% | 12.7% | 12.2% | 12.3% | 12.3% | 12.5% | 11.9% | 12.0% | 10.1% | 10.2% | 12.4% | 12.3% | 11.8% | 12.1% | 11.7% | 11.6% | 11.4% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 86.1% | 46.1% | 33.9% | 29.2% | 28.5% | 34.3% | 27.3% | 34.6% | 13.3% | 39.3% | — | — | 23.5% | 14.2% | 31.5% | 27.6% | 29.1% | 28.8% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.6bn of assets due within a year against $3.9bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.6bn short-term assets against $9.3bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $198m of cash against $7.2bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 242% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 197% to 242% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $2.7bn of operating cash flow against $7.2bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Ryder System'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 2 / 20
Net income has been a median 3.0% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Net margin has been a median 3.9%; its worst year was -2.4%.
- Cash conversion 3 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 3 of 10 years, at a median -1.5% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 25.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.3% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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