SWK Holdings Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, SWK Holdings Corp had return on equity of -1.0%, an operating margin of 48.9%, debt equal to 14.0% of equity and a current ratio of 9.41. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | −251.6% | 72.9% | 81.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38.8% | 25.8% | 48.9% |
| Net margin | — | — | −223.1% | 199.5% | 119.3% | −31.4% | 129.1% | 8.1% | 23.8% | 77.5% | 14.2% | 46.2% | 32.5% | 42.1% | 30.0% | −6.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | — | — | −175.7% | 20.8% | 29.4% | 47.6% | — | — | — | 60.1% | 41.8% | 59.2% | 19.1% | 38.1% | 50.9% | 64.6% |
| Return on equity | −1.8% | −2.8% | −3.8% | 29.4% | 17.9% | −4.1% | 15.2% | 1.5% | 2.9% | 10.6% | 2.2% | 10.2% | 4.9% | 5.7% | 4.7% | −1.0% |
| Return on assets | −1.8% | −2.7% | −3.4% | 24.1% | 16.6% | −4.0% | 14.8% | 1.5% | 2.9% | 10.1% | 2.0% | 9.3% | 4.6% | 5.0% | 4.0% | −0.8% |
| Asset turnover | — | — | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
| Current ratio | 170.23 | 204.65 | 286.23 | 24.88 | 82.35 | — | — | — | 8.74 | 5.32 | 0.43 | 9.31 | 1.63 | 3.01 | 3.64 | 9.41 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9.9% | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 4.9% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 11.8% | 11.4% | 14.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | — | 24.4x | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.9x | 10.5x | 18.4x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 65.6% | 0.7% | −41.5% | −41.9% | 21.5% | −42.1% | −8.7% | 26.6% | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.8% | 11.6% | 13.1% | 16.8% | 9.1% | 4.9% | 3.7% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | — | — | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | — | — | — | 0.2% | 10.7% | 1.9% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | 10.4% | 24.7% | — | — | — | — | 77.6% | 294.7% | 128.1% | 58.6% | 90.6% | 169.9% | — |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.8% | 13.1% | — | 14.4% | 44.0% | 26.2% | 194.8% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q1Mar 2024 | 2024 Q2Jun 2024 | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 8.3% | 39.2% | 44.7% | 68.6% | 46.1% | 61.3% | 9.9% |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 33.9% | 33.3% | 47.5% | 38.4% | 35.2% | 80.7% | −223.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 39.0% | 49.7% | 60.4% | 55.0% | 69.1% | 77.0% | 5.1% | 118.5% |
| Current ratio | 3.18 | 2.68 | 5.06 | 3.64 | 11.30 | 3.17 | 5.68 | 9.41 |
| Debt to equity | 11.8% | 11.7% | 11.6% | 11.4% | 11.3% | 13.4% | 13.0% | 14.0% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 4.7% | 4.8% | 5.6% | 4.6% | 6.4% | 6.4% | 1.4% | 0.0% |
Moat
Strong moat
How hard SWK Holdings'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
Net income has been a median 4.3% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 48.9%; its worst year was -4253.7%.
- Discipline 19 / 20
The diluted share count fell 5.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.7% 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 (81 before it).
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