Tandem Diabetes Care Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Tandem Diabetes Care Inc had return on equity of -97.9%, an operating margin of -18.5%, debt equal to 199.8% of equity and a current ratio of 2.55. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 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 | −54.5% | 21.3% | 30.7% | 36.5% | 28.0% | 41.0% | 48.9% | 53.6% | 52.2% | 53.5% | 51.5% | 49.2% | 52.1% | 53.8% | 56.0% |
| Operating margin | <−999% | −170.4% | −152.2% | −94.7% | −92.6% | −58.5% | −24.3% | −4.6% | −1.6% | 3.2% | −11.6% | −31.2% | −10.5% | −18.5% | −4.4% |
| Net margin | <−999% | −217.7% | −159.9% | −99.4% | −99.0% | −67.9% | −66.7% | −6.8% | −6.9% | 2.2% | −11.8% | −29.8% | −10.2% | −20.2% | −6.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | <−999% | −178.5% | −132.3% | −88.6% | −83.2% | −66.8% | −6.1% | 6.2% | −0.5% | 13.8% | 2.0% | −7.8% | 0.5% | −2.9% | −2.6% |
| Return on equity | — | — | −93.5% | −122.7% | — | — | — | −15.2% | −12.3% | 3.9% | −21.7% | −59.1% | −33.3% | −97.9% | −44.3% |
| Return on assets | — | −38.9% | −59.2% | −62.6% | −70.4% | −70.3% | −81.3% | −9.3% | −6.6% | 1.9% | −9.7% | −22.2% | −10.0% | −22.1% | −6.2% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.18 | 0.37 | 0.63 | 0.71 | 1.04 | 1.22 | 1.36 | 0.96 | 0.87 | 0.82 | 0.75 | 0.98 | 1.10 | 1.02 |
| Current ratio | — | 10.21 | 5.02 | 4.03 | 2.93 | 1.78 | 2.83 | 2.78 | 6.14 | 6.15 | 5.14 | 3.83 | 2.93 | 2.55 | 3.18 |
| Debt to equity | — | 25.4% | 55.0% | 47.5% | — | — | — | 0.0% | 55.4% | 65.0% | 64.4% | 90.9% | 132.6% | 199.8% | 462.1% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.1% | — | — | — | — | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | 364.0% | 38.2% | 31.8% | 23.3% | 22.3% | 19.2% | 15.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% | 13.1% | 17.4% | 22.7% | 21.2% | 19.0% | 18.0% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 916.8% | 153.5% | 151.1% | 107.9% | 98.3% | 80.3% | 57.2% | 45.7% | 41.1% | 37.2% | 41.9% | 47.1% | 41.5% | 43.9% | 42.4% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 183.0% | 13.8% | 8.9% | 7.9% | 10.6% | 5.3% | 1.6% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 2.0% | 4.3% | 3.6% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 624.3% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | — | 600.7% | — | — |
| 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 | 51.1% | 55.7% | 50.5% | 52.3% | 53.9% | 57.7% | 55.3% | 56.9% |
| Operating margin | −10.7% | −0.2% | −51.6% | −21.5% | −9.2% | 2.9% | −7.1% | −5.4% |
| Net margin | −9.5% | 0.3% | −55.7% | −21.8% | −8.5% | −0.2% | −8.2% | −8.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.8% | 2.7% | −9.1% | −6.5% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 1.9% | −15.2% |
| Current ratio | 2.90 | 2.93 | 2.30 | 2.44 | 2.44 | 2.55 | 3.58 | 3.18 |
| Debt to equity | 146.6% | 132.6% | 198.8% | 231.9% | 232.8% | 199.8% | 454.5% | 462.1% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 20.9% | 18.5% | 21.4% | 20.0% | 19.5% | 15.9% | 18.6% | 18.4% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 40.8% | 37.4% | 48.6% | 45.5% | 43.5% | 38.9% | 43.8% | 43.9% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $805m of assets due within a year against $253m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $805m short-term assets against $771m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $63m of cash against $603m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 462% of equity.
- 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 −$6m of operating cash flow against $603m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$46m against $9m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Tandem Diabetes Care'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 1.3% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 12 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 52.3%, moving by 7.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -13.7%; its worst year was -100.5%.
- Cash conversion 4 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 4 of 10 years, at a median -1.7% of revenue.
- Discipline 4 / 20
The diluted share count rose 7.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 10.9% 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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