Suncoke Energy, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Suncoke Energy, Inc. had return on equity of -6.9% and a net margin of -2.4%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 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 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 16.6% | 10.5% | 3.9% | 5.3% | 1.5% | −8.4% | −1.6% | 1.2% | 9.2% | 1.8% | −9.5% | 0.3% | 3.0% | 5.1% | 2.8% | 5.0% | −2.4% | −2.9% |
| Return on equity | 23.2% | 23.5% | 13.0% | 18.0% | 4.6% | −25.5% | −6.1% | 4.8% | 33.2% | 5.9% | −31.9% | 0.8% | 9.0% | 18.6% | 9.6% | 14.8% | −6.9% | −9.2% |
| Return on assets | — | 8.1% | 3.3% | 5.0% | 1.2% | −6.0% | −1.0% | 0.7% | 5.9% | 1.3% | −8.0% | 0.2% | 2.7% | 6.2% | 3.5% | 5.8% | −2.6% | −3.1% |
| Effective tax rate | 8.9% | 24.3% | 10.9% | 18.0% | 11.4% | — | −38.1% | 12.6% | — | 8.1% | — | 53.9% | 27.3% | 13.8% | 35.1% | 19.5% | — | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 3.5% | 5.1% | 5.8% | 4.2% | 5.6% | 6.4% | 5.5% | 7.4% | 5.9% | 4.6% | 4.7% | 6.1% | 4.2% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 4.6% | 5.8% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | 537.8% | 46.3% | 23.4% | 53.4% | 39.2% | — | — |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $473m of assets due within a year against $233m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $473m short-term assets against $873m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $58m of cash against $601m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 100% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 119% to 100% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $197m of operating cash flow against $601m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$24m against $38m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Suncoke Energy'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 5 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 5.0% of total assets over 8 years.
- Pricing power 8 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 12.7%, moving by 1.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.
- Durability 1 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 6.6%; its worst year was -8.8%.
- Cash conversion 13 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 6.4% of revenue.
- Discipline 16 / 20
The diluted share count rose 2.8% 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.
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