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Schneider National, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Schneider National, Inc. had return on equity of 3.4%, an operating margin of 3.0%, debt equal to 13.3% of equity and a current ratio of 2.13. 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 year2015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin—63.8%63.4%60.5%57.9%———————
Operating margin6.6%7.2%6.4%7.6%4.4%6.3%9.5%9.1%5.4%3.1%3.0%3.4%
Net margin3.6%3.9%8.9%5.4%3.1%4.6%7.2%6.9%4.3%2.2%1.8%2.4%
Free-cash-flow margin1.1%0.8%1.7%3.6%6.3%7.5%3.0%4.9%0.4%5.1%5.0%4.3%
Return on equity——41.3%13.4%6.7%9.9%18.1%17.4%8.2%3.9%3.4%4.6%
Return on assets—5.1%12.2%7.7%4.0%5.9%10.9%11.1%5.4%2.5%2.1%2.9%
Asset turnover—1.321.371.431.301.271.501.601.241.111.161.21
Current ratio—1.362.372.533.022.281.812.121.831.582.132.06
Debt to equity——23.3%19.3%16.2%14.9%11.2%7.6%10.2%17.6%13.3%12.7%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)13.9x13.6x14.4x22.0x12.5x21.1x42.7x62.5x20.9x10.0x5.0x10.2x
Effective tax rate41.0%40.9%−48.0%26.2%25.8%25.2%25.2%24.2%22.1%23.1%24.9%24.5%
Capital spending as % of revenue11.2%10.4%8.9%7.7%7.1%6.0%7.1%8.1%12.0%7.8%6.2%5.6%
Free cash flow ÷ net income31.1%21.2%18.7%67.5%204.8%162.2%41.1%70.2%8.3%232.6%275.5%182.4%
Dividends ÷ net income17.9%19.9%6.5%15.1%28.9%188.9%12.2%12.2%26.7%56.9%64.7%48.6%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow57.5%94.3%35.0%22.4%14.1%116.5%29.8%17.3%655.8%35.3%28.6%31.1%

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

5 of 7 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $5.0bn
Short-term assets $1.4bnLonger-term assets $3.6bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $5.0bn
Short-term liabilities $694mLonger-term liabilities $1.2bnShareholders' equity $3.1bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.4bn of assets due within a year against $694m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.4bn short-term assets against $1.2bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $326m of cash against $390m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 13% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 8% to 13% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $589m of operating cash flow against $390m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $203m against $20m of interest.

From Schneider National, 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

52 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Schneider National'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 6 / 20

    Net income has been a median 4.8% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 7 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 6.1%; its worst year was 2.9%.

  • Cash conversion 12 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 3.9% of revenue.

  • Discipline 17 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 1.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.3% 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 Schneider National, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Schneider National, Inc.