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Trimble Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Trimble Inc. had return on equity of 7.3% and a net margin of 11.8%. 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 year2009Jan 20102010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Jan 20142014Jan 20152015Jan 20162016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Jan 20202020Jan 20212021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Jan 20252025Jan 2026LTMJul 2026
Net margin5.6%8.0%9.2%9.4%9.6%8.9%5.3%5.6%4.5%9.0%15.7%12.4%13.5%12.2%8.2%40.8%11.8%−2.8%
Return on equity5.0%7.9%10.3%11.0%10.6%9.4%5.3%5.9%5.0%11.1%17.8%11.6%13.1%11.2%7.3%29.4%7.3%−1.9%
Return on assets3.6%5.7%6.7%6.2%6.1%5.7%3.2%3.6%3.0%5.6%8.3%5.8%7.1%6.3%3.7%15.8%4.5%−1.2%
Effective tax rate27.0%26.6%11.1%17.3%13.7%19.6%20.5%24.9%52.3%−1.9%−49.2%1.1%14.2%21.0%12.8%25.0%16.8%—
R&D as % of revenue12.1%11.6%12.0%12.6%13.1%13.3%14.7%14.8%13.9%14.2%14.4%15.1%14.7%14.7%17.5%18.0%17.6%17.3%

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

4 of 7 checks passed · July 3, 2026
What it owns · $8.5bn
Short-term assets $1.3bnLonger-term assets $7.2bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $8.5bn
Short-term liabilities $1.4bnLonger-term liabilities $2.0bnShareholders' equity $5.1bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.3bn of assets due within a year against $1.4bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.3bn short-term assets against $2.0bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $214m of cash against $1.5bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 29% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 33% to 29% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $799m of operating cash flow against $1.5bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $643m against $80m of interest.

From Trimble 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

69 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Trimble'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 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 16.3% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 17 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 58.8%, moving by 5.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 13 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 12.1%; its worst year was 9.2%.

  • Cash conversion 17 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 14.4% of revenue.

  • Discipline 17 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 6.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 3.2% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (84 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 Trimble Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Trimble Inc.