Teradata Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Teradata Corp had return on equity of 71.6%, an operating margin of 12.3%, debt equal to 198.3% of equity and a current ratio of 0.92. 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.

Teradata Corp: financial ratios, annual
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	LTMJun 2026
Gross margin	54.9%	56.2%	54.7%	55.9%	54.7%	54.1%	50.4%	51.2%	47.5%	47.4%	50.3%	55.5%	61.9%	60.2%	60.8%	60.5%	59.4%	60.8%
Operating margin	19.8%	21.4%	19.3%	21.8%	19.8%	18.4%	−7.7%	10.1%	3.2%	2.0%	0.5%	0.9%	12.1%	6.6%	10.1%	11.9%	12.3%	7.5%
Net margin	14.9%	15.5%	14.9%	15.7%	14.0%	13.4%	−8.5%	5.4%	−3.1%	1.4%	−1.1%	7.0%	7.7%	1.8%	3.4%	6.5%	7.8%	27.1%
Free-cash-flow margin	24.9%	19.6%	19.9%	19.1%	16.7%	22.9%	13.8%	16.9%	11.4%	9.8%	5.0%	12.1%	22.7%	22.6%	19.4%	15.9%	17.2%	43.5%
Return on equity	27.9%	28.7%	26.3%	25.6%	20.7%	20.6%	−16.7%	13.7%	−8.2%	5.2%	−5.3%	39.0%	34.2%	9.2%	31.6%	85.1%	71.6%	111.3%
Return on assets	16.2%	17.4%	15.7%	14.7%	12.2%	11.8%	−7.6%	5.1%	−2.7%	1.2%	−0.9%	6.1%	6.7%	1.6%	3.2%	6.4%	7.5%	26.7%
Asset turnover	1.09	1.12	1.05	0.94	0.87	0.88	0.89	0.94	0.87	0.88	0.86	0.86	0.88	0.86	0.94	0.98	0.95	0.98
Current ratio	2.12	2.47	2.03	1.90	2.01	1.58	1.82	2.22	1.65	1.42	1.14	1.10	1.07	1.02	0.87	0.81	0.92	0.91
Debt to equity	0.0%	0.0%	19.4%	16.2%	14.8%	27.4%	91.5%	58.5%	116.5%	100.4%	182.8%	113.8%	89.6%	193.0%	369.6%	360.9%	198.3%	0.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	—	—	114.0x	145.0x	133.0x	167.7x	n/m	19.6x	4.5x	2.0x	0.4x	0.6x	8.9x	4.9x	6.2x	7.2x	7.9x	5.1x
Effective tax rate	24.0%	27.3%	26.6%	27.5%	25.8%	25.7%	—	43.4%	—	−11.1%	—	—	23.4%	50.7%	47.0%	30.5%	27.0%	22.5%
R&D as % of revenue	6.8%	7.6%	7.4%	6.9%	6.8%	7.5%	9.0%	9.1%	14.1%	14.6%	17.2%	18.2%	16.1%	17.4%	16.0%	16.2%	16.8%	17.1%
SG&A as % of revenue	28.3%	27.2%	28.1%	27.3%	28.1%	28.2%	30.2%	28.5%	30.2%	30.8%	32.5%	36.4%	33.7%	36.2%	34.6%	32.3%	30.2%	36.1%
Capital spending as % of revenue	1.7%	1.8%	1.8%	2.5%	2.2%	2.0%	2.1%	2.3%	3.6%	7.1%	2.8%	2.4%	1.5%	0.8%	1.0%	1.4%	1.1%	1.5%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	167.7%	125.9%	133.4%	121.2%	119.4%	170.6%	—	314.4%	—	703.3%	—	172.9%	295.9%	>999%	574.2%	244.7%	220.0%	160.7%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	40.8%	23.2%	27.0%	54.5%	84.9%	88.0%	188.3%	20.9%	142.7%	142.2%	319.1%	44.8%	56.1%	95.6%	86.5%	77.1%	49.0%	19.3%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Teradata Corp: financial ratios, quarterly
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	60.5%	59.4%	59.3%	56.4%	60.8%	60.8%	62.2%	59.3%
Operating margin	12.7%	9.5%	15.8%	5.9%	14.7%	12.8%	−8.1%	11.7%
Net margin	7.3%	6.1%	10.5%	2.2%	9.6%	8.8%	75.5%	11.2%
Free-cash-flow margin	15.7%	36.4%	1.7%	9.6%	21.4%	35.9%	88.1%	25.6%
Current ratio	0.80	0.81	0.84	0.84	0.90	0.92	1.30	0.91
Debt to equity	388.8%	360.9%	300.0%	265.9%	211.0%	198.3%	80.6%	0.0%
R&D as % of revenue	16.6%	16.6%	15.8%	17.4%	16.8%	17.3%	16.2%	18.3%
SG&A as % of revenue	31.1%	33.3%	27.8%	33.1%	29.3%	30.6%	54.1%	29.3%

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

6 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $1.7bn

Short-term assets $773mLonger-term assets $885m

What it owes, and who funded it · $1.7bn

Short-term liabilities $845mLonger-term liabilities $220mShareholders' equity $593m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $773m of assets due within a year against $845m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $773m short-term assets against $220m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $414m of cash against $0 of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 0% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 70% to 0% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt No debt to cover.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $127m against $25m of interest.

From Teradata Corp'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

68 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Teradata'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

Cash operating profit has been a median 24.9% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 16 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 59.4%, moving by 5.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 2 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 8.4%; its worst year was 0.4%.
Cash conversion 18 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 15.7% of revenue.
Discipline 17 / 20

The diluted share count fell 14.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 4.6% 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 (73 before it).

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 Teradata Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Teradata Corp.