RGC Resources Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, RGC Resources Inc had return on equity of 12.0%, an operating margin of 19.4%, debt equal to 130.9% of equity and a current ratio of 1.03. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Sept 2010 | 2011Sept 2011 | 2012Sept 2012 | 2013Sept 2013 | 2014Sept 2014 | 2015Sept 2015 | 2016Sept 2016 | 2017Sept 2017 | 2018Sept 2018 | 2019Sept 2019 | 2020Sept 2020 | 2021Sept 2021 | 2022Sept 2022 | 2023Sept 2023 | 2024Sept 2024 | 2025Sept 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 35.8% | 38.5% | 45.8% | 43.7% | 39.1% | 44.3% | 53.4% | 52.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 12.2% | 13.2% | 14.9% | 13.9% | 12.9% | 14.7% | 19.0% | 19.6% | 17.5% | 17.0% | 19.8% | 19.7% | 17.7% | 18.1% | 20.2% | 19.4% | 17.3% |
| Net margin | 6.0% | 6.6% | 7.3% | 6.7% | 6.3% | 7.5% | 9.8% | 10.0% | 11.1% | 12.8% | 16.7% | 13.4% | −37.7% | 11.6% | 13.9% | 13.9% | 13.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.6% | 4.4% | 5.3% | 0.1% | −10.5% | 4.4% | −5.1% | −12.5% | −14.9% | −10.6% | −16.0% | −11.2% | −11.8% | −1.5% | −5.5% | 8.6% | 1.9% |
| Return on equity | 9.6% | 9.8% | 8.6% | 8.5% | 9.3% | 9.7% | 10.7% | 10.8% | 10.5% | 10.7% | 12.3% | 10.7% | −32.9% | 11.7% | 11.3% | 12.0% | 11.8% |
| Return on assets | 3.7% | 3.8% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.9% | 3.4% | −10.6% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 4.1% | 4.2% |
| Asset turnover | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.57 | 0.48 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.33 | 0.28 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.33 | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.32 |
| Current ratio | 1.77 | 1.00 | 1.02 | 0.75 | 1.03 | 0.70 | 0.54 | 1.09 | 0.65 | 0.76 | 0.87 | 0.97 | 1.59 | 0.81 | 0.87 | 1.03 | 0.94 |
| Debt to equity | 60.5% | 57.4% | 25.6% | 26.3% | 76.0% | 75.4% | 87.0% | 102.6% | 88.7% | 124.8% | 139.6% | 141.2% | 147.5% | 140.4% | 137.7% | 130.9% | 120.8% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 4.9x | 5.1x | 4.8x | 4.8x | 5.3x | 6.6x | 6.9x | 6.4x | 4.7x | 3.2x | 3.1x | 3.6x | 3.3x | 3.1x | 2.6x | 2.8x | 2.9x |
| Effective tax rate | 37.7% | 38.0% | 38.0% | 38.3% | 38.4% | 38.4% | 38.7% | 37.9% | 28.4% | 23.4% | 23.8% | 24.1% | — | 23.6% | 23.9% | 23.6% | 22.2% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 8.1% | 10.7% | 14.8% | 15.8% | 19.6% | 20.2% | 30.4% | 33.3% | 35.5% | 32.2% | 36.3% | 26.6% | 30.3% | 26.0% | 26.1% | 21.7% | 19.7% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 25.8% | 66.5% | 72.1% | 1.4% | −167.3% | 58.5% | −52.1% | −124.6% | −134.1% | −82.6% | −95.5% | −83.1% | — | −13.4% | −39.6% | 61.9% | 14.4% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 66.4% | 66.5% | 75.1% | 188.5% | 73.6% | 70.7% | 65.6% | 66.0% | 63.7% | 60.0% | 53.1% | 59.5% | — | 69.1% | 68.8% | 63.8% | 63.0% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 257.7% | 100.0% | 104.1% | >999% | — | 120.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 103.1% | 436.6% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Sept 2024 | 2025 Q1Dec 2024 | 2025 Q2Mar 2025 | 2025 Q3Jun 2025 | 2025 Q4Sept 2025 | 2026 Q1Dec 2025 | 2026 Q2Mar 2026 | 2026 Q3Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.8% | 26.9% | 28.5% | 6.9% | −3.3% | 21.6% | 24.8% | 6.9% |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 19.3% | 21.1% | 3.1% | −1.4% | 16.1% | 19.2% | 3.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −39.3% | −18.0% | 44.1% | 8.1% | −30.1% | −15.1% | 24.7% | −1.9% |
| Current ratio | 0.87 | 0.56 | 0.57 | 1.04 | 1.03 | 0.80 | 0.69 | 0.94 |
| Debt to equity | 127.1% | 123.1% | 120.4% | 122.4% | 130.9% | 133.8% | 118.3% | 120.8% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $22m of assets due within a year against $23m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt $2m of cash against $148m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 121% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 122% to 121% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $23m of operating cash flow against $148m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $19m against $6m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard RGC Resources'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 3 / 20
Net income has been a median 3.4% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 12 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 44.2%, moving by 5.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.
- Durability 15 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 18.3%; its worst year was 17.3%.
- Cash conversion 2 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 2 of 10 years, at a median -8.6% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 26.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.7% 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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