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Stryker Corporation key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Stryker Corporation had return on equity of 15.1%, an operating margin of 19.5%, debt equal to 70.7% of equity and a current ratio of 1.89. 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 margin67.5%68.8%66.2%67.9%66.7%65.7%66.4%66.3%65.7%65.7%65.1%63.1%64.1%62.8%63.7%63.9%64.0%65.3%
Operating margin23.7%23.9%20.3%20.1%13.9%12.9%18.7%19.2%18.5%18.7%18.2%15.5%15.1%15.4%19.0%16.3%19.5%20.7%
Net margin16.5%17.4%16.2%15.0%11.2%5.3%14.5%14.5%8.2%26.1%14.0%11.1%11.7%12.8%15.4%13.2%12.9%13.8%
Free-cash-flow margin19.8%18.6%14.5%16.7%18.7%16.0%7.1%12.6%7.7%15.0%10.4%19.4%16.0%11.0%15.3%15.4%17.1%17.4%
Return on equity16.8%18.5%18.1%15.9%11.4%5.8%16.8%18.2%10.5%32.8%17.0%12.4%14.3%15.0%18.0%15.3%15.1%15.8%
Return on assets12.2%12.9%11.8%10.2%7.0%3.2%8.6%9.0%4.8%14.4%7.3%5.0%5.8%6.6%8.2%7.2%7.1%7.6%
Asset turnover0.740.740.730.680.630.590.590.620.580.550.520.450.500.520.530.550.550.55
Current ratio4.064.763.924.343.141.952.272.502.292.022.511.932.201.631.581.951.892.18
Debt to equity0.3%14.2%29.5%20.5%30.6%46.2%47.0%72.4%72.5%84.0%86.6%106.9%83.9%78.5%69.9%65.9%70.7%63.6%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)113.9x33.0x30.1x27.6x15.1x11.0x17.2x9.5x9.3x9.6x9.5x7.1x7.7x8.4x10.7x9.0x8.1x9.3x
Effective tax rate31.8%26.4%20.2%23.9%17.0%55.6%17.1%14.3%50.6%—18.7%18.2%12.6%12.1%13.8%14.3%28.1%29.2%
R&D as % of revenue5.0%5.4%5.6%5.4%5.9%6.3%6.3%6.3%6.3%6.3%6.5%6.9%7.2%7.9%6.8%6.5%6.5%6.4%
SG&A as % of revenue37.3%37.0%37.9%38.9%38.4%36.7%36.3%36.5%36.6%37.5%36.0%37.4%37.6%34.6%34.7%34.0%34.4%34.4%
Capital spending as % of revenue1.9%2.5%2.7%2.4%2.2%2.4%2.7%4.3%4.8%4.2%4.4%3.4%3.1%3.2%2.8%3.3%3.0%3.3%
Free cash flow ÷ net income120.1%107.2%89.8%111.5%168.1%300.8%49.4%86.5%94.2%57.4%74.0%174.5%137.3%86.3%99.1%116.5%131.9%126.2%
Dividends ÷ net income17.9%18.7%20.7%25.0%39.9%89.7%36.2%34.5%62.4%19.8%37.4%54.0%47.6%44.6%36.0%40.7%39.6%36.8%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow14.9%48.6%74.6%29.9%42.5%36.3%171.7%40.8%90.1%49.2%70.4%30.9%34.7%51.6%36.3%35.0%30.0%29.1%

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

4 of 7 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $47.2bn
Short-term assets $14.2bnLonger-term assets $33.1bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $47.2bn
Short-term liabilities $6.5bnLonger-term liabilities $17.3bnShareholders' equity $23.5bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $14.2bn of assets due within a year against $6.5bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $14.2bn short-term assets against $17.3bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $3.3bn of cash against $14.9bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 64% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 92% to 64% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $5.4bn of operating cash flow against $14.9bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $5.4bn against $586m of interest.

From Stryker Corporation'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

78 /100

Strong moat

How hard Stryker'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 10 / 20

    Net income has been a median 6.8% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 20 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 63.9%, moving by 1.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 15 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 17.2%; its worst year was 15.0%.

  • Cash conversion 17 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 13.8% of revenue.

  • Discipline 16 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 0.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.0% 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 Stryker Corporation'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 Stryker Corporation.