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SPX Technologies, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, SPX Technologies, Inc. had return on equity of 13.5%, an operating margin of 15.5%, debt equal to 22.4% of equity and a current ratio of 2.48. 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 year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin30.3%30.0%28.2%27.4%24.6%25.2%17.7%25.5%23.2%27.1%35.8%35.1%35.4%35.9%38.5%40.3%40.5%39.9%
Operating margin9.0%7.8%5.5%−2.5%0.8%−10.9%−7.8%4.8%4.2%7.4%10.1%8.6%6.0%3.5%12.7%15.5%15.5%16.1%
Net margin0.8%5.0%4.2%3.7%10.7%23.2%−5.3%−4.6%6.3%5.4%5.8%8.8%34.9%0.0%5.2%10.1%10.8%11.5%
Free-cash-flow margin—4.5%4.2%−0.2%3.7%3.4%−3.5%−0.9%2.5%6.5%12.0%9.8%13.5%−10.5%10.6%12.5%10.6%8.7%
Return on equity1.7%10.4%8.4%8.1%9.6%19.8%−7.7%−25.0%35.3%22.3%14.1%17.2%48.8%0.0%7.9%15.5%13.5%12.7%
Return on assets0.6%3.5%2.7%2.5%3.0%6.2%−2.0%−3.3%4.5%4.0%3.1%4.4%17.1%0.0%4.1%7.8%7.7%7.1%
Asset turnover0.730.700.640.670.280.270.390.720.720.740.530.500.490.640.800.770.720.61
Current ratio1.391.621.681.801.261.381.191.111.371.271.041.182.062.161.771.882.481.84
Debt to equity68.4%57.1%89.8%76.1%77.6%75.7%107.6%185.9%113.4%92.0%76.9%64.4%22.3%22.9%46.7%44.4%22.4%54.6%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)4.1x3.7x2.4xn/m0.2xn/mn/m4.7x3.5x5.2x5.4x5.3x5.6x5.5x8.2x6.7x7.3x11.5x
Effective tax rate24.7%20.4%−10.2%——54.5%—23.1%—3.1%14.1%6.1%15.6%26.9%22.3%21.0%21.8%22.1%
R&D as % of revenue1.0%1.2%1.0%1.0%1.6%1.8%1.8%2.0%1.6%1.5%2.2%2.5%2.5%2.7%2.5%2.3%2.4%—
SG&A as % of revenue19.6%20.9%21.0%22.9%22.5%30.2%24.9%19.4%19.4%19.1%24.5%24.2%25.4%24.3%22.7%20.9%21.1%19.8%
Capital spending as % of revenue—1.7%3.4%1.7%1.6%1.1%1.0%0.8%0.8%0.8%1.2%1.4%0.8%1.1%1.4%1.9%4.1%5.7%
Free cash flow ÷ net income—88.9%98.2%−6.7%34.9%14.5%——40.2%120.9%206.9%112.1%38.8%<−999%205.3%123.6%98.9%76.0%
Dividends ÷ net income158.7%——35.3%16.5%15.2%——0.0%—————————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow————402.9%960.8%——0.0%——0.0%0.0%—0.0%0.0%——

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

3 of 6 checks passed · September 26, 2026
What it owns · $4.9bn
Short-term assets $1.2bnLonger-term assets $3.7bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $3.1bn
Short-term liabilities $627mShareholders' equity $2.4bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.2bn of assets due within a year against $627m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $119m of cash against $1.3bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 52% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 20% to 52% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $375m of operating cash flow against $1.3bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $418m against $36m of interest.

From SPX Technologies, 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

46 /100

Moderate moat

How hard SPX Technologies'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 7 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 6.6% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 9 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 35.3%, moving by 5.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 9 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 8.2%; its worst year was 4.1%.

  • Cash conversion 14 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 9.3% of revenue.

  • Discipline 14 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 9.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% 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 (51 before it).

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 SPX Technologies, 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 SPX Technologies, Inc.