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Alpha Teknova, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Alpha Teknova, Inc. had return on equity of -22.8% and a net margin of -42.6%. 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 year2020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin11.4%−26.6%−114.6%−100.3%−70.9%−42.6%−38.4%
Return on equity21.3%−12.3%−39.1%−38.7%−31.0%−22.8%−25.5%
Return on assets5.7%−8.5%−29.8%−26.2%−21.6%−15.5%−16.8%
Effective tax rate24.5%——————
R&D as % of revenue4.8%11.7%18.7%15.2%7.3%5.4%5.1%

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

3 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $96m
Short-term assets $31mLonger-term assets $65m
What it owes, and who funded it · $96m
Short-term liabilities $7mLonger-term liabilities $26mShareholders' equity $63m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $31m of assets due within a year against $7m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $31m short-term assets against $26m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $6m of cash against $13m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 21% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 8% to 21% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt −$6m of operating cash flow against $13m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Alpha Teknova, 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

13 /100

Weak moat

How hard Alpha Teknova's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 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 -13.8% of total assets over 5 years.

  • Pricing power 5 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 35.6%, moving by 10.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -52.4%; its worst year was -135.4%.

  • Cash conversion 0 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 0 of 6 years, at a median -39.7% 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 (18 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 Alpha Teknova, 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 Alpha Teknova, Inc.