Tronox Holdings plc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Tronox Holdings plc had return on equity of -29.6% and a net margin of -16.2%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 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 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 15.7% | 61.9% | −6.6% | −24.6% | −21.8% | −4.7% | −16.8% | −0.4% | −4.1% | 35.1% | 8.0% | 14.4% | −11.1% | −1.6% | −16.2% | −18.0% |
| Return on equity | 32.2% | 66.7% | −5.2% | −22.2% | −25.2% | −6.1% | −31.0% | −0.9% | −15.2% | 79.2% | 15.5% | 22.8% | −14.7% | −2.6% | −29.6% | −42.6% |
| Return on assets | — | 20.6% | −2.2% | −7.9% | −6.5% | −1.2% | −5.8% | −0.1% | −2.2% | 16.4% | 4.6% | 8.1% | −5.1% | −0.8% | −7.7% | −9.0% |
| Effective tax rate | 7.6% | −12.4% | — | — | — | — | — | 30.2% | — | — | 19.0% | — | — | — | — | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | −9.9% | 13.0% | 9.7% | 11.1% | 13.2% | 14.1% | 14.7% | 14.7% | 13.1% | 12.6% | 8.9% | 8.4% | 9.7% | 9.6% | 10.0% | 9.4% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | 5.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.1% | 22.7% | 17.5% | — | — | — | — |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.1bn of assets due within a year against $840m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.1bn short-term assets against $3.9bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $194m of cash against $3.2bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 272% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 128% to 272% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $101m of operating cash flow against $3.2bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$219m against $211m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Tronox Holdings'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 1 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 2.9% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 4 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 20.5%, moving by 5.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 1 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 7.0%; its worst year was -7.2%.
- Cash conversion 7 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 10 years, at a median 2.6% of revenue.
- Discipline 15 / 20
The diluted share count rose 4.1% 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.
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