RB Global Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, RB Global Inc. had return on equity of 7.9%, an operating margin of 15.5%, debt equal to 44.4% of equity and a current ratio of 1.10. 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 | 16.7% | 54.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 12.0% | 11.1% | 15.8% | 16.9% | 19.1% | 17.0% | 26.2% | 12.8% | 17.8% | 15.5% | 16.0% |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 7.7% | 10.4% | 11.3% | 12.4% | 10.7% | 18.4% | 5.6% | 9.6% | 9.3% | 10.0% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 14.1% | 14.1% | 10.9% | 24.2% | 17.7% | 21.7% | 24.9% | 8.6% | 17.8% | 15.7% | 12.6% |
| Return on equity | 13.4% | 10.5% | 15.5% | 17.2% | 17.8% | 14.6% | 27.1% | 6.5% | 8.1% | 7.9% | 8.7% |
| Return on assets | 5.7% | 4.1% | 6.0% | 7.0% | 7.4% | 5.1% | 9.9% | 2.8% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.9% |
| Asset turnover | 0.70 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.62 | 0.60 | 0.48 | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.39 |
| Current ratio | 1.50 | 1.31 | 1.37 | 1.36 | 1.08 | 1.30 | 1.21 | 1.35 | 1.29 | 1.10 | 1.31 |
| Debt to equity | 90.2% | 110.8% | 88.0% | 72.1% | 66.1% | 162.8% | 47.3% | 61.6% | 50.8% | 44.4% | 52.2% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 24.4x | 2.8x | 4.2x | 5.4x | 7.4x | 6.5x | 7.8x | 2.2x | 3.3x | 3.7x | 4.3x |
| Effective tax rate | 28.3% | 2.7% | 20.3% | 21.8% | 27.8% | 26.0% | 21.2% | 27.1% | 25.0% | 20.2% | 20.2% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 25.2% | 33.3% | 32.7% | 29.0% | 29.8% | 32.2% | 31.1% | 20.2% | 18.1% | 19.7% | 18.6% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.7% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.8% | 6.2% | 3.9% | 5.6% | 5.1% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 172.8% | 182.3% | 104.9% | 214.2% | 143.2% | 202.6% | 134.8% | 153.1% | 185.1% | 167.9% | 126.2% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 76.7% | 97.0% | 62.3% | 55.4% | 53.9% | 68.3% | 36.0% | 144.3% | 49.9% | 60.2% | 58.6% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 67.6% | 53.2% | 59.4% | 39.0% | 59.5% | 33.7% | 26.7% | 94.3% | 26.9% | 35.9% | 46.4% |
| 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 | 15.6% | 18.1% | 17.1% | 15.9% | 14.5% | 14.7% | 17.6% | 17.1% |
| Net margin | 7.8% | 10.4% | 10.2% | 9.3% | 8.7% | 9.1% | 11.0% | 10.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 25.3% | 11.2% | 9.2% | 20.4% | 17.3% | 15.5% | 14.0% | 4.8% |
| Current ratio | 1.28 | 1.29 | 1.31 | 1.28 | 1.23 | 1.10 | 1.14 | 1.31 |
| Debt to equity | 52.4% | 50.3% | 49.7% | 47.3% | 46.8% | 41.9% | 41.3% | 51.8% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 18.1% | 16.6% | 18.5% | 18.7% | 19.9% | 21.6% | 17.3% | 16.0% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.9bn of assets due within a year against $1.4bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.9bn short-term assets against $5.0bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $525m of cash against $2.9bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 52% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 162% to 52% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $861m of operating cash flow against $2.9bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $778m against $181m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard RB Global'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 5 / 20
Net income has been a median 4.5% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 12 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 16.4%; its worst year was 8.9%.
- Cash conversion 18 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 15.1% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 68.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.7% 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 (56 before it).
Compare with peers
- Copart statistics
- Brinks Co statistics
- Rentokil Initial PLC statistics
- Thomson Reuters Corp statistics
- GEO Group Inc statistics
Head to head: CPRT vs RBABCO vs RBARBA vs RTORBA vs TRI
More: Diversified Support Services stocks compared, Industrials sector, rankings of US companies