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RPM International Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, RPM International Inc had return on equity of 21.3%, a net margin of 8.4%, debt equal to 76.5% of equity and a current ratio of 1.68. 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.

Fiscal year2010May 20102011May 20112012May 20122013May 20132014May 20142015May 20152016May 20162017May 20172018May 20182019May 20192020May 20202021May 20212022May 20222023May 20232024May 20242025May 20252026May 2026LTMAug 2026
Gross margin42.1%41.4%40.8%41.7%42.9%42.3%43.4%43.7%37.9%37.5%38.0%39.4%36.3%37.9%41.1%41.4%41.4%41.2%
Net margin5.3%5.6%5.7%2.4%6.7%5.2%7.4%3.7%6.3%4.8%5.5%8.2%7.3%6.6%8.0%9.3%8.4%8.7%
Free-cash-flow margin5.3%5.9%5.9%6.8%4.2%5.3%7.4%5.2%5.2%2.8%7.3%10.0%−0.7%4.4%12.4%7.3%8.6%8.9%
Return on equity16.7%16.1%17.7%8.3%22.6%17.9%26.6%12.9%22.0%17.6%22.8%33.5%26.4%23.2%25.3%25.5%21.3%20.3%
Return on assets6.0%5.8%6.1%2.6%6.9%5.3%7.5%3.7%6.5%5.0%5.5%8.5%7.6%7.1%8.8%9.6%8.2%8.3%
Asset turnover1.141.041.071.061.031.011.021.011.031.040.991.031.041.081.101.030.980.96
Current ratio2.302.542.402.032.202.322.131.942.451.642.222.091.562.141.972.161.681.76
Debt to equity86.0%87.8%94.2%114.4%97.7%128.2%119.5%145.5%133.3%179.7%201.1%136.7%135.5%125.4%84.7%91.7%76.5%69.2%
Effective tax rate32.5%31.1%28.8%37.9%27.9%49.6%26.1%24.4%18.7%21.2%25.2%24.7%18.8%26.1%25.2%12.9%23.9%24.0%
R&D as % of revenue1.2%1.2%1.2%1.2%1.2%1.2%1.3%1.3%1.3%1.3%1.4%1.3%1.2%1.2%1.3%1.3%1.2%—
SG&A as % of revenue32.5%31.3%30.6%32.1%31.8%31.0%31.6%33.1%28.2%28.7%28.1%27.3%26.7%27.0%28.8%29.2%29.1%28.6%
Capital spending as % of revenue0.7%1.2%1.9%2.2%2.1%1.9%2.4%2.5%2.2%2.5%2.7%2.6%3.3%3.5%2.9%3.1%2.8%2.8%
Free cash flow ÷ net income100.4%104.9%103.4%281.0%63.2%102.3%100.8%143.0%81.6%58.6%132.1%121.2%−8.9%67.4%154.4%78.2%102.1%102.2%
Dividends ÷ net income58.6%57.4%51.9%119.3%43.1%56.9%40.7%86.2%49.6%68.1%60.8%38.7%41.6%44.7%39.4%37.1%41.1%39.9%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow59.6%65.7%53.4%43.5%75.2%71.7%60.3%68.7%67.0%244.3%77.1%40.2%—81.8%31.6%60.5%51.7%50.7%

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

3 of 5 checks passed · August 31, 2026
What it owns · $8.2bn
Short-term assets $3.4bnLonger-term assets $4.9bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $5.4bn
Short-term liabilities $1.9bnShareholders' equity $3.5bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $3.4bn of assets due within a year against $1.9bn 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 $313m of cash against $2.4bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 69% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 103% to 69% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $925m of operating cash flow against $2.4bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From RPM International Inc'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

64 /100

Moderate moat

How hard RPM International'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 13 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 10.2% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 14 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 39.2%, moving by 1.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 8 / 20

    Net margin has been a median 7.2%; its worst year was 3.7%.

  • Cash conversion 12 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 6.3% of revenue.

  • Discipline 17 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 1.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.5% 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 RPM International Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to RPM International Inc.