Symbotic Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Symbotic Inc. had return on equity of -8.1%, an operating margin of -5.1%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 1.09. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2020Sept 2020 | 2021Sept 2021 | 2022Sept 2022 | 2023Sept 2023 | 2024Sept 2024 | 2025Sept 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | −20.6% | 4.1% | 16.8% | 16.1% | 13.7% | 18.8% | 21.3% |
| Operating margin | −119.9% | −48.6% | −23.7% | −19.0% | −6.5% | −5.1% | −0.0% |
| Net margin | −118.9% | −48.6% | −1.2% | −2.0% | −0.8% | −0.8% | 0.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −140.5% | 38.7% | −28.0% | 18.3% | −5.6% | 38.6% | 33.8% |
| Return on equity | — | — | — | — | −13.7% | −8.1% | 1.8% |
| Return on assets | — | −37.8% | −1.4% | −2.8% | −1.0% | −0.9% | 0.3% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.78 | 1.24 | 1.40 | 1.36 | 1.13 | 0.89 |
| Current ratio | — | 0.82 | 1.16 | 0.97 | 1.33 | 1.09 | 1.33 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | −0.6% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 60.7% | 29.1% | 20.9% | 16.6% | 9.7% | 9.6% | 7.7% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 38.6% | 23.6% | 19.5% | 18.5% | 10.6% | 13.3% | 13.3% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 5.5% | 4.8% | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | >999% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Sept 2024 | 2025 Q1Dec 2024 | 2025 Q2Mar 2025 | 2025 Q3Jun 2025 | 2025 Q4Sept 2025 | 2026 Q1Dec 2025 | 2026 Q2Mar 2026 | 2026 Q3Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 17.1% | 16.6% | 20.2% | 18.9% | 19.2% | 21.2% | 22.2% | 22.3% |
| Operating margin | 1.9% | −4.7% | −3.7% | −4.4% | −7.4% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Net margin | 0.5% | −0.7% | −0.3% | −0.7% | −1.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −21.3% | 40.6% | — | −33.2% | 95.2% | 30.4% | 38.6% | −20.4% |
| Current ratio | 1.33 | 1.22 | 1.02 | 1.08 | 1.09 | 1.38 | 1.45 | 1.33 |
| R&D as % of revenue | 7.1% | 8.9% | 10.5% | 8.4% | 10.5% | 6.8% | 7.6% | 6.1% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 8.0% | 12.5% | 13.3% | 12.1% | 15.1% | 12.9% | 13.7% | 11.7% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.9bn of assets due within a year against $2.1bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.9bn short-term assets against $243m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- 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 Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Symbotic's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 5 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Net income has been a median -1.5% of total assets over 5 years.
- Pricing power 7 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 16.3%, moving by 2.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 5 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -11.2%; its worst year was -21.7%.
- Cash conversion 14 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 5 years, at a median 7.0% 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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