T-Mobile US key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, T-Mobile US had return on equity of 18.2%, an operating margin of 20.7%, debt equal to 154.4% of equity and a current ratio of 1.00. 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.

T-Mobile US: 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	LTMSept 2026
Gross margin	42.4%	43.0%	85.9%	85.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Operating margin	15.4%	17.7%	−20.8%	−32.4%	4.1%	4.8%	7.6%	10.8%	12.0%	12.3%	12.7%	9.7%	8.6%	8.2%	18.2%	22.1%	20.7%	20.7%
Net margin	5.1%	4.8%	−22.9%	−37.2%	0.1%	0.8%	2.3%	3.9%	11.2%	6.7%	7.7%	4.5%	3.8%	3.3%	10.6%	13.9%	12.4%	12.0%
Free-cash-flow margin	1.9%	5.0%	10.9%	4.9%	−2.0%	−0.6%	2.1%	−5.1%	−3.5%	−3.8%	1.0%	−3.5%	2.0%	3.5%	11.1%	16.5%	20.4%	19.9%
Return on equity	7.7%	1.7%	−26.0%	−67.0%	0.3%	1.7%	4.5%	8.4%	22.2%	12.2%	13.0%	6.5%	4.5%	3.7%	12.4%	17.9%	18.2%	19.6%
Return on assets	2.4%	2.5%	−54.2%	−34.0%	0.1%	0.5%	1.2%	2.3%	6.6%	4.0%	4.4%	2.1%	1.5%	1.2%	4.0%	5.5%	5.1%	5.2%
Asset turnover	0.47	0.53	2.37	0.91	0.58	0.55	0.55	0.58	0.60	0.61	0.56	0.48	0.39	0.38	0.38	0.39	0.41	0.43
Current ratio	1.87	1.99	3.36	0.99	2.11	1.59	1.56	1.58	0.77	0.81	0.74	1.10	0.89	0.77	0.91	0.91	1.00	0.91
Debt to equity	159.3%	18.5%	30.1%	78.0%	141.7%	140.2%	158.5%	152.4%	125.5%	111.4%	86.8%	115.9%	112.3%	110.7%	121.5%	133.4%	154.4%	11.3%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	2.0x	2.7x	—	—	1.8x	1.3x	2.3x	2.9x	4.4x	6.4x	7.9x	2.7x	2.2x	—	—	—	—	—
Effective tax rate	32.9%	38.1%	—	—	31.4%	40.2%	25.1%	37.3%	−43.5%	26.3%	24.7%	22.3%	9.8%	17.7%	24.4%	22.9%	23.0%	23.8%
SG&A as % of revenue	16.3%	15.3%	32.6%	34.5%	30.2%	30.0%	31.4%	30.3%	30.2%	30.4%	31.4%	27.7%	25.3%	27.2%	27.1%	25.6%	26.6%	26.0%
Capital spending as % of revenue	23.9%	19.4%	13.2%	14.7%	16.5%	14.6%	14.6%	12.5%	12.9%	12.8%	14.2%	16.1%	15.4%	17.6%	12.5%	10.9%	11.3%	10.7%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	38.3%	105.5%	—	—	<−999%	−69.2%	94.1%	−131.7%	−31.0%	−56.9%	12.5%	−78.1%	52.6%	108.5%	105.3%	118.6%	163.7%	165.0%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	—	0.0%	0.0%	7.5%	3.8%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	—	0.0%	0.0%	9.0%	29.1%	37.5%	39.3%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	0.0%	0.9%	0.2%	0.5%	—	—	8.0%	—	—	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	106.7%	157.8%	108.0%	78.3%	88.2%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

T-Mobile US: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Mar 2026	2026 Q2Jun 2026	2026 Q3Sept 2026
Operating margin	21.0%	23.0%	24.7%	20.6%	15.4%	19.5%	24.1%	24.0%
Net margin	13.6%	14.1%	15.2%	12.4%	8.6%	10.8%	14.2%	14.6%
Free-cash-flow margin	15.3%	21.0%	21.7%	21.9%	17.2%	19.9%	21.0%	21.5%
Current ratio	0.91	1.16	1.21	0.89	1.00	1.09	0.92	0.91
Debt to equity	126.8%	13.4%	10.5%	10.5%	145.7%	4.0%	10.9%	11.3%
SG&A as % of revenue	24.5%	26.3%	25.5%	27.4%	27.0%	25.8%	25.6%	25.5%

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

0 of 1 checks passed · September 30, 2026

What it owns · $213.1bn

Short-term assets $21.8bnLonger-term assets $191.3bn

What it owes, and who funded it · $80.3bn

Short-term liabilities $24.0bnShareholders' equity $56.3bn

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $21.8bn of assets due within a year against $24.0bn of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
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.

From T-Mobile US'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

46 /100

Moderate moat

How hard T-Mobile US'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 4 / 20

Net income has been a median 3.8% of total assets over 10 years.
Durability 10 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 12.5%; its worst year was 6.1%.
Cash conversion 7 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 10 years, at a median 1.9% of revenue.
Discipline 20 / 20

The diluted share count fell 12.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.9% 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 (51 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 T-Mobile US'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 T-Mobile US.