Safehold Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Safehold Inc. had return on equity of 4.8%, an operating margin of 26.2% and debt equal to 192.7% of equity. 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 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 98.6% | 98.8% | 98.7% | 98.8% | 98.8% | 98.9% |
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35.0% | 50.2% | −21.9% | 23.8% | 26.2% | 25.1% |
| Net margin | −101.3% | 13.2% | −4.8% | −60.4% | −28.6% | 3.6% | −0.5% | 20.9% | 25.9% | −4.0% | 118.4% | −13.1% | 39.1% | 50.1% | −15.6% | 28.9% | 29.7% | 27.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | — | — | — | −69.2% | −64.9% | −17.1% | −28.2% | −8.9% | 9.5% | −10.6% | −16.7% | 6.8% | 14.4% | 24.0% | 4.4% | 10.4% | 12.4% | 8.8% |
| Return on equity | −46.4% | 4.8% | −1.4% | −17.3% | −9.0% | 1.3% | −0.2% | 9.2% | 17.5% | −3.5% | 34.0% | −4.4% | 8.5% | 9.0% | −2.5% | 4.6% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
| Return on assets | −6.0% | 0.7% | −0.3% | −3.5% | −1.9% | 0.3% | −0.0% | 1.8% | 3.6% | −0.7% | 6.4% | −0.9% | 1.5% | 2.5% | −0.9% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| Asset turnover | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 445.7% | 384.3% | 383.1% | 337.5% | 337.0% | 391.9% | 336.3% | 351.1% | 424.3% | 330.3% | 299.0% | 305.9% | 166.5% | 183.6% | 186.5% | 192.7% | 193.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.8x | 1.1x | n/m | — | — | — |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | −14.2% | −1.9% | — | — | — | −0.2% | 0.4% | — | 3.1% | 2.5% | 2.7% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | — | — | — | 20.9% | 18.7% | 14.8% | 16.4% | 15.3% | 5.5% | 7.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | −478.5% | — | −42.3% | 36.7% | — | −14.1% | — | 36.8% | 47.9% | — | 35.8% | 41.8% | 31.8% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | 7.7% | — | 49.2% | 31.2% | — | 47.8% | 44.5% | 44.1% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 71.2% | — | — | 398.6% | 589.1% | 65.1% | 299.1% | 133.6% | 106.5% | 138.5% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 98.8% | 98.8% | 98.8% | 99.1% | 98.5% | 98.6% | 98.8% | 99.3% |
| Operating margin | 17.5% | 24.6% | 25.9% | 25.5% | 25.9% | 27.4% | 23.0% | 24.6% |
| Net margin | 21.3% | 28.3% | 30.1% | 29.8% | 30.5% | 28.5% | 26.0% | 26.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.1% | 8.6% | 9.1% | 29.8% | −1.5% | 12.6% | −7.8% | 30.2% |
| Debt to equity | 187.8% | 184.2% | 184.7% | 187.3% | 188.8% | 190.4% | 193.4% | 190.8% |
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Safehold'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 1.5% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 6 / 20
Net margin has been a median 20.3%; its worst year was -15.9%.
- Cash conversion 7 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 10 years, at a median 3.4% of revenue.
- Discipline 15 / 20
The diluted share count fell 2.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 3.9% 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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