Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. had return on equity of 5.8%, an operating margin of 11.9%, debt equal to 22.8% of equity and a current ratio of 2.03. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 30.6% | 37.9% | 38.8% | 40.2% | 34.4% | 35.6% | 35.0% | 31.9% |
| Operating margin | 18.6% | 21.2% | 17.0% | 20.3% | 16.2% | 12.8% | 11.9% | 10.6% |
| Net margin | 17.4% | 19.2% | 1.1% | 39.0% | 8.2% | 6.0% | 7.1% | 5.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 23.9% | 29.0% | −3.9% | 11.1% | 16.6% | 18.0% | −3.4% | −8.8% |
| Return on equity | 16.8% | — | — | 86.8% | 9.6% | 4.4% | 5.8% | 5.2% |
| Return on assets | — | 17.3% | 0.8% | 25.0% | 5.6% | 2.9% | 4.0% | 3.3% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.90 | 0.69 | 0.64 | 0.68 | 0.49 | 0.56 | 0.61 |
| Current ratio | — | 2.33 | 2.96 | 2.92 | 2.45 | 2.33 | 2.03 | 2.25 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | — | >999% | 83.5% | 33.7% | 25.5% | 22.8% | 31.9% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 15.1x | 10.6x | 2.5x | 3.6x | 3.3x | 3.7x | 5.6x | 5.3x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | 2.1% | 5.9% | 22.3% | 36.3% | 30.8% | — |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.2% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 2.2% | 2.1% | 7.0% | 5.5% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 137.1% | 150.6% | −349.6% | 28.4% | 203.6% | 298.4% | −47.6% | −162.0% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 35.2% | — | — |
| 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 | 24.8% | 37.6% | 35.0% | 37.2% | 37.0% | 31.6% | 29.2% | 30.3% |
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 15.4% | 5.4% | 14.4% | 13.7% | 11.7% | 5.5% | 11.5% |
| Net margin | −0.3% | 7.3% | −0.4% | 12.5% | 8.7% | 5.5% | −0.2% | 7.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 13.0% | 11.6% | 15.4% | −23.5% | 6.6% | −7.6% | −34.9% | −0.1% |
| Current ratio | 2.08 | 2.33 | 2.34 | 2.34 | 2.19 | 2.03 | 1.84 | 2.25 |
| Debt to equity | 26.0% | 25.5% | 25.4% | 22.9% | 21.5% | — | — | — |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $369m of assets due within a year against $164m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $369m short-term assets against $235m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $63m against $12m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Shoals Technologies Group's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 2 / 20
Net income has been a median 3.0% of total assets over 6 years.
- Pricing power 10 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 35.4%, moving by 4.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.
- Durability 13 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 12.7%; its worst year was 10.3%.
- Cash conversion 10 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 4 of 6 years, at a median 5.9% 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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