Sono TEK Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Sono TEK Corp had return on equity of 9.6%, an operating margin of 8.7%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 3.46. 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.

Sono TEK Corp: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2011Feb 2011	2012Feb 2012	2013Feb 2013	2014Feb 2014	2015Feb 2015	2016Feb 2016	2017Feb 2017	2018Feb 2018	2019Feb 2019	2020Feb 2020	2021Feb 2021	2022Feb 2022	2023Feb 2023	2024Feb 2024	2025Feb 2025	2026Feb 2026	LTMAug 2026
Gross margin	48.1%	51.2%	47.5%	46.1%	48.1%	47.6%	45.3%	48.1%	45.2%	47.6%	47.2%	50.3%	50.8%	50.0%	47.5%	50.5%	52.5%
Operating margin	6.1%	10.5%	1.6%	7.0%	7.8%	6.3%	−1.9%	3.5%	0.7%	7.3%	9.0%	11.0%	4.5%	6.0%	4.9%	8.7%	10.2%
Net margin	6.0%	11.9%	1.4%	4.7%	5.6%	4.6%	1.0%	3.3%	1.4%	7.2%	7.6%	14.8%	4.2%	7.3%	6.2%	8.6%	9.3%
Free-cash-flow margin	−13.9%	9.9%	2.7%	14.0%	5.2%	1.4%	8.8%	14.7%	−5.7%	16.5%	2.6%	11.6%	5.1%	1.9%	0.3%	14.4%	33.6%
Return on equity	13.8%	28.3%	2.2%	7.8%	8.9%	7.4%	1.2%	4.5%	1.9%	12.1%	10.8%	20.6%	4.5%	9.3%	7.5%	9.6%	9.8%
Return on assets	7.5%	16.4%	1.4%	5.1%	5.9%	5.1%	0.9%	3.3%	1.3%	8.2%	7.2%	14.9%	3.4%	6.7%	5.5%	7.2%	7.6%
Asset turnover	1.25	1.38	1.03	1.09	1.06	1.11	0.90	0.98	0.97	1.14	0.95	1.01	0.80	0.91	0.88	0.84	0.81
Current ratio	3.09	3.99	5.31	3.63	3.59	4.54	5.19	4.08	3.53	2.72	3.09	3.90	3.04	2.83	3.46	3.46	4.42
Debt to equity	48.6%	38.5%	35.3%	25.7%	20.7%	17.2%	14.8%	12.2%	10.1%	7.2%	9.1%	—	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	76.0x	10.7x	1.3x	6.5x	13.2x	12.7x	n/m	8.3x	2.1x	33.8x	33.6x	—	—	—	—	—	—
R&D as % of revenue	8.3%	9.4%	9.4%	8.6%	9.4%	10.7%	13.2%	11.6%	11.4%	9.3%	11.1%	10.1%	14.3%	14.6%	13.3%	12.2%	11.9%
Capital spending as % of revenue	25.6%	0.0%	3.7%	2.2%	3.3%	3.9%	1.9%	1.7%	4.7%	4.7%	2.3%	1.9%	3.7%	4.0%	2.3%	1.1%	1.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	−232.6%	82.9%	196.0%	298.1%	93.6%	29.8%	883.8%	438.1%	−406.1%	228.6%	34.0%	78.4%	121.0%	25.6%	4.4%	167.3%	360.8%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Sono TEK Corp: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2025 Q3Nov 2024	2025 Q4Feb 2025	2026 Q1May 2025	2026 Q2Aug 2025	2026 Q3Nov 2025	2026 Q4Feb 2026	2027 Q1May 2026	2027 Q2Aug 2026
Gross margin	45.1%	47.4%	51.9%	50.2%	50.2%	49.8%	56.8%	52.9%
Operating margin	3.8%	5.6%	9.4%	8.2%	6.4%	10.7%	15.8%	7.3%
Net margin	5.3%	6.4%	9.4%	8.2%	6.8%	9.9%	13.1%	7.0%
Free-cash-flow margin	20.8%	−14.5%	−19.0%	−4.6%	22.8%	55.1%	32.8%	21.8%
Current ratio	2.99	3.46	3.77	4.34	4.24	3.46	4.37	4.42
R&D as % of revenue	12.1%	13.1%	13.0%	12.2%	12.8%	11.0%	10.9%	13.0%

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

2 of 2 checks passed · August 31, 2026

What it owns · $26m

Short-term assets $23mLonger-term assets $3m

What it owes, and who funded it · $26m

Short-term liabilities $5mLonger-term liabilities $0mShareholders' equity $21m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $23m of assets due within a year against $5m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $23m short-term assets against $54,324 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 Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Sono TEK Corp'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

68 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Sono TEK'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 20 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 16.0% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 17 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 49.0%, moving by 2.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 3 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 6.4%; its worst year was 1.1%.
Cash conversion 11 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 6.4% of revenue.
Discipline 17 / 20

The diluted share count rose 0.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.7% 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 Sono TEK Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Sono TEK Corp.