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Tecogen Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Tecogen Inc. had return on equity of -51.8% and a net margin of -30.5%. 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 year2011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin−14.2%−10.7%−21.8%−19.4%−12.7%−4.5%0.1%−15.9%−14.1%−21.8%15.1%−9.8%−18.3%−21.0%−30.5%−42.3%
Return on equity−31.0%−33.8%−58.0%−55.8%−28.7%−8.0%0.2%−18.7%−18.4%−30.3%19.2%−12.1%−27.2%−38.1%−51.8%−52.8%
Return on assets−18.0%−18.3%−25.8%−23.6%−15.5%−4.9%0.1%−11.4%−10.3%−17.3%11.8%−8.1%−16.4%−16.2%−24.2%−30.3%
Effective tax rate——————0.0%———0.5%—————
R&D as % of revenue—2.8%6.9%5.4%2.8%2.7%2.8%3.6%4.4%2.7%2.2%2.9%3.3%4.3%4.3%5.2%
SG&A as % of revenue61.2%51.6%54.9%52.2%47.9%42.0%38.3%53.3%51.3%59.4%——————

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

2 of 3 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $32m
Short-term assets $24mLonger-term assets $8m
What it owes, and who funded it · $32m
Short-term liabilities $8mLonger-term liabilities $6mShareholders' equity $18m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $24m of assets due within a year against $8m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $24m short-term assets against $6m 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 Operating income of −$11m against $153,298 of interest.

From Tecogen Inc.'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

35 /100

Weak moat

How hard Tecogen'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 0 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median -16.1% of total assets over 9 years.

  • Pricing power 13 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 40.9%, moving by 3.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -15.9%; its worst year was -42.8%.

  • Cash conversion 1 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 1 of 10 years, at a median -6.1% of revenue.

  • Discipline 11 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 18.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.7% 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 Tecogen Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Tecogen Inc.