Scansource, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2026, Scansource, Inc. had return on equity of 8.7%, an operating margin of 3.1%, debt equal to 11.1% of equity and a current ratio of 1.76. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Jun 2010 | 2011Jun 2011 | 2012Jun 2012 | 2013Jun 2013 | 2014Jun 2014 | 2015Jun 2015 | 2016Jun 2016 | 2017Jun 2017 | 2018Jun 2018 | 2019Jun 2019 | 2020Jun 2020 | 2021Jun 2021 | 2022Jun 2022 | 2023Jun 2023 | 2024Jun 2024 | 2025Jun 2025 | 2026Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 10.4% | 10.3% | 10.0% | 10.2% | 10.3% | 10.2% | 10.0% | 10.8% | 9.6% | 12.1% | 11.7% | 11.1% | 12.1% | 11.9% | 12.2% | 13.4% | 13.6% |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 4.2% | 3.8% | 1.8% | 4.2% | 3.2% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 1.8% | 2.9% | −2.1% | 2.0% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 3.1% |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 1.2% | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 1.8% | −6.3% | 0.3% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −4.0% | −0.2% | 1.6% | 4.3% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 2.4% | 0.5% | −1.0% | 5.8% | 3.6% | −3.7% | −1.2% | 11.1% | 3.4% | 3.5% |
| Return on equity | 10.0% | 13.7% | 12.0% | 5.1% | 10.9% | 8.1% | 8.0% | 8.6% | 3.9% | 6.5% | −24.2% | 1.5% | 11.5% | 10.5% | 8.4% | 7.8% | 8.7% |
| Return on assets | 5.7% | 7.2% | 6.2% | 2.9% | 6.5% | 4.7% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 1.8% | 2.9% | −10.2% | 0.6% | 4.9% | 4.5% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 4.2% |
| Asset turnover | 2.46 | 2.61 | 2.53 | 2.43 | 2.33 | 2.29 | 2.39 | 2.22 | 2.10 | 1.62 | 1.62 | 1.87 | 1.96 | 1.89 | 1.69 | 1.71 | 1.74 |
| Current ratio | 2.32 | 2.11 | 2.07 | 2.44 | 2.43 | 2.08 | 2.10 | 1.95 | 1.92 | 2.11 | 1.67 | 1.66 | 1.87 | 2.11 | 2.10 | 2.01 | 1.76 |
| Debt to equity | 6.3% | 5.7% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 11.6% | 28.8% | 35.8% | 32.2% | 19.6% | 33.6% | 36.4% | 15.6% | 15.0% | 11.1% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 51.5x | 65.6x | 69.3x | 65.9x | 166.6x | 56.5x | 45.6x | 27.4x | 7.6x | 7.2x | n/m | 8.9x | 18.7x | 6.9x | 6.9x | 10.6x | 15.0x |
| Effective tax rate | 35.6% | 34.3% | 33.2% | 34.6% | 33.6% | 34.5% | 33.7% | 31.8% | 43.8% | 22.5% | — | 21.1% | 25.2% | 27.7% | 22.8% | 24.2% | 24.0% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 6.8% | 6.0% | 6.2% | 6.6% | 6.6% | 6.6% | 6.8% | 7.4% | 6.0% | 7.5% | 8.5% | 7.9% | 7.8% | 7.5% | 8.5% | 9.4% | 9.7% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | −171.6% | −5.7% | 63.5% | 359.5% | 44.6% | 83.7% | 63.1% | 124.2% | 53.7% | −57.2% | — | >999% | −147.8% | −50.9% | 471.2% | 145.4% | 144.3% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 34.3% | 249.7% | 24.3% | 0.0% | — | 3.5% | 0.0% | — | — | 11.8% | 102.4% | 86.0% |
| Quarter | 2025 Q1Sept 2024 | 2025 Q2Dec 2024 | 2025 Q3Mar 2025 | 2025 Q4Jun 2025 | 2026 Q1Sept 2025 | 2026 Q2Dec 2025 | 2026 Q3Mar 2026 | 2026 Q4Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 13.1% | 13.6% | 14.2% | 12.9% | 14.5% | 13.4% | 14.0% | 12.6% |
| Operating margin | 2.3% | 2.5% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 2.3% | 3.0% | 3.3% |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.5% | −1.1% | 9.2% | 0.6% | 2.8% | 3.8% | 9.0% | −0.5% |
| Current ratio | 2.03 | 2.11 | 2.07 | 2.01 | 2.16 | 1.96 | 1.86 | 1.76 |
| Debt to equity | 15.6% | 15.5% | 15.3% | 15.0% | 14.7% | 11.3% | 11.3% | 11.1% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 9.2% | 9.9% | 9.9% | 8.8% | 10.2% | 10.2% | 10.2% | 8.6% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.5bn of assets due within a year against $859m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.5bn short-term assets against $162m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $88m of cash against $101m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 11% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 17% to 11% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $123m of operating cash flow against $101m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $99m against $7m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Scansource'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 8 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 7.0% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 8 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 12.0%, moving by 1.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 2.8%; its worst year was -2.1%.
- Cash conversion 9 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 10 years, at a median 2.9% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 15.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.3% 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 (44 before it).
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