Stem, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Stem, Inc. had an operating margin of -35.6% and a current ratio of 0.91. 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 | −18.6% | −10.8% | 1.0% | 9.1% | 0.8% | −7.6% | 38.4% | 41.5% |
| Operating margin | −272.6% | −136.0% | −65.2% | −36.1% | −38.9% | −580.6% | −35.6% | −29.1% |
| Net margin | −338.5% | −430.0% | −79.5% | −34.2% | −30.4% | −590.7% | 88.2% | −49.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −169.1% | −92.8% | −80.0% | −29.6% | −45.3% | −25.5% | 4.4% | 7.9% |
| Return on equity | — | — | −41.3% | −20.3% | −28.7% | — | — | — |
| Return on assets | <−999% | −151.5% | −14.5% | −9.5% | −10.1% | −95.2% | 36.9% | −24.8% |
| Asset turnover | 69.37 | 0.35 | 0.18 | 0.28 | 0.33 | 0.16 | 0.42 | 0.50 |
| Current ratio | 0.01 | 0.26 | 11.64 | 2.00 | 1.88 | 1.06 | 0.91 | 0.83 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | 47.4% | 81.2% | 122.9% | — | — | — |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.4% | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | 83.8% | 43.9% | 17.8% | 10.6% | 12.2% | 35.5% | 22.6% | 18.2% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.0% | — |
| 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 | 21.2% | −4.4% | 32.4% | 33.4% | 35.5% | 48.9% | 37.4% | 41.3% |
| Operating margin | −493.2% | −84.4% | −65.0% | −34.8% | −33.6% | −17.7% | −49.0% | −22.8% |
| Net margin | −506.3% | −91.6% | −76.9% | 527.8% | −62.2% | −33.9% | −65.3% | −42.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −32.4% | −26.3% | 26.3% | −55.6% | 29.9% | 17.4% | — | 1.0% |
| Current ratio | 1.10 | 1.06 | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.83 | 0.91 | 0.84 | 0.83 |
| R&D as % of revenue | 37.8% | 19.3% | 34.8% | 26.0% | 18.1% | 15.0% | 22.7% | 19.2% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $89m of assets due within a year against $108m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $89m short-term assets against $442m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $38m of cash against $135m of debt.
- 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 $12m of operating cash flow against $135m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$43m against $30m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Stem'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 0 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median -5.4% of total assets over 5 years.
- Pricing power 0 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 7.4%, moving by 15.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -75.5%; its worst year was -207.9%.
- Cash conversion 2 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 1 of 6 years, at a median -35.5% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (15 before it).
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