TransDigm Group key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, TransDigm Group had a net margin of 23.5%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Sept 2009 | 2010Sept 2010 | 2011Sept 2011 | 2012Sept 2012 | 2013Sept 2013 | 2014Sept 2014 | 2015Sept 2015 | 2016Sept 2016 | 2017Sept 2017 | 2018Sept 2018 | 2019Sept 2019 | 2020Sept 2020 | 2021Sept 2021 | 2022Sept 2022 | 2023Sept 2023 | 2024Sept 2024 | 2025Sept 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 21.4% | 19.7% | 14.3% | 19.1% | 15.7% | 12.9% | 16.5% | 18.5% | 17.0% | 25.1% | 17.0% | 13.7% | 14.2% | 16.0% | 19.7% | 21.6% | 23.5% | 21.3% |
| Return on equity | 19.9% | 23.1% | 24.5% | 32.0% | 68.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on assets | 6.6% | 6.4% | 4.8% | 6.5% | 5.2% | 4.8% | 5.9% | 6.2% | 5.8% | 8.6% | 6.3% | 4.0% | 3.6% | 4.6% | 6.8% | 7.5% | 8.6% | 8.6% |
| Effective tax rate | 35.1% | 34.8% | 33.6% | 33.4% | 32.5% | 31.6% | 29.8% | 23.7% | 24.9% | 2.4% | 20.9% | 11.8% | 4.8% | 23.2% | 24.3% | 22.6% | 21.1% | 22.2% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 2.6% | 2.2% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.3% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 10.5% | 11.5% | 11.1% | 11.9% | 13.2% | 11.7% | 11.9% | 12.1% | 11.8% | 11.8% | 14.3% | 14.2% | 14.3% | 13.8% | 11.8% | 12.3% | 10.7% | 11.1% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | 247.7% | 1.6% | 1.0% | 657.7% | 472.9% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 432.5% | 5.9% | 192.4% | 275.8% | 10.7% | 126.0% | 2.9% | 118.9% | 464.3% | 248.6% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $7.8bn of assets due within a year against $2.6bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $7.8bn short-term assets against $33.9bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $2.8bn of cash against $32.9bn of debt.
- 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 $2.2bn of operating cash flow against $32.9bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Strong moat
How hard TransDigm Group'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 17 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 13.1% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 18 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 56.9%, moving by 3.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 20 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 42.3%; its worst year was 31.3%.
- Cash conversion 20 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 20.5% of revenue.
- Discipline 16 / 20
The diluted share count rose 1.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.6% 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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