Trane Technologies key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Trane Technologies had return on equity of 36.4%, an operating margin of 18.6%, debt equal to 53.8% of equity and a current ratio of 1.25. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| 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 | 27.5% | 28.1% | 27.3% | 28.8% | 29.4% | 30.3% | 30.2% | 31.1% | 30.9% | 30.5% | 30.5% | 30.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 9.0% | 3.4% | 8.9% | 8.9% | 10.9% | 11.2% | 11.9% | 11.7% | 12.2% | 12.8% | 12.3% | 14.3% | 15.1% | 16.4% | 17.6% | 18.6% | 17.9% |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 4.6% | 2.7% | 8.5% | 5.0% | 7.2% | 5.0% | 10.9% | 9.2% | 10.8% | 10.8% | 6.9% | 10.1% | 11.0% | 11.4% | 12.9% | 13.7% | 13.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.9% | 3.7% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 6.9% | 5.7% | 4.8% | 9.9% | 9.2% | 9.1% | 13.1% | 10.3% | 9.7% | 7.6% | 11.8% | 14.0% | 13.2% | 16.4% |
| Return on equity | 6.4% | 8.5% | 4.6% | 14.5% | 8.7% | 14.3% | 11.3% | 23.7% | 18.9% | 18.9% | 19.7% | 12.5% | 22.5% | 28.5% | 30.9% | 35.5% | 36.4% | 35.6% |
| Return on assets | 2.3% | 3.2% | 1.8% | 5.5% | 3.4% | 5.3% | 3.9% | 8.7% | 7.3% | 7.4% | 7.3% | 4.4% | 7.9% | 9.7% | 10.8% | 13.0% | 14.0% | 13.9% |
| Asset turnover | 0.65 | 0.70 | 0.66 | 0.64 | 0.68 | 0.74 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.78 | 0.89 | 0.94 | 1.00 | 1.03 | 1.03 |
| Current ratio | 1.13 | 1.47 | 1.28 | 1.39 | 1.68 | 1.56 | 1.26 | 1.55 | 1.27 | 1.33 | 1.77 | 1.59 | 1.36 | 1.12 | 1.13 | 1.21 | 1.25 | 1.12 |
| Debt to equity | 57.9% | 55.3% | 62.7% | 45.2% | 49.8% | 70.6% | 72.7% | 63.3% | 56.9% | 58.3% | 76.7% | 82.3% | 77.4% | 79.4% | 68.3% | 64.0% | 53.8% | 46.3% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 2.9x | 4.5x | 1.6x | 4.3x | 4.0x | 6.2x | 6.7x | 7.2x | 7.7x | 6.8x | 6.9x | 6.2x | 8.7x | 10.8x | 12.3x | 14.7x | 17.5x | 19.2x |
| Effective tax rate | 13.7% | 22.6% | 24.1% | 6.6% | 22.8% | 24.3% | 43.3% | 16.2% | 5.7% | 18.7% | 17.1% | 23.0% | 18.6% | 17.3% | 19.4% | 19.4% | 19.2% | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | 2.0% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.6% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 20.7% | 19.1% | 18.8% | 19.9% | 20.4% | 19.4% | 19.0% | 19.2% | 19.2% | 18.2% | 17.7% | 18.2% | 17.3% | 15.9% | 16.8% | 18.0% | 17.6% | 17.1% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 2.3% | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.6% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 344.1% | 80.3% | 293.0% | 93.5% | 137.2% | 79.4% | 96.1% | 90.7% | 100.0% | 84.0% | 121.5% | 150.8% | 95.9% | 69.0% | 103.2% | 108.1% | 96.3% | 121.1% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 35.6% | 14.1% | 40.0% | 18.9% | 39.7% | 28.4% | 45.6% | 23.6% | 33.0% | 35.8% | 36.2% | 59.3% | 39.4% | 35.3% | 33.8% | 29.5% | 28.7% | 28.6% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 10.4% | 17.6% | 128.8% | 108.4% | 171.8% | 221.7% | 86.6% | 44.7% | 111.1% | 122.8% | 73.5% | 58.8% | 121.7% | 150.2% | 64.8% | 73.5% | 82.5% | 64.8% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | — | 35.8% | 37.6% | 36.9% | — | 34.8% | 35.6% | 35.3% |
| Operating margin | 16.6% | 17.5% | 20.3% | 20.3% | 15.9% | 15.6% | 19.3% | 19.9% |
| Net margin | 12.4% | 12.9% | 15.2% | 14.8% | 11.5% | 11.8% | 14.6% | 15.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 15.9% | 4.7% | 10.5% | 16.3% | 20.5% | 11.0% | 15.9% | 17.8% |
| Current ratio | 1.21 | 1.09 | 1.10 | 1.20 | 1.25 | 1.10 | 1.07 | 1.12 |
| Debt to equity | 64.0% | 63.7% | 58.9% | 55.4% | 53.8% | 53.7% | 53.5% | 46.3% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 18.5% | 18.3% | 17.3% | 16.6% | 18.2% | 19.2% | 16.3% | 15.4% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $8.7bn of assets due within a year against $7.8bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $8.7bn short-term assets against $7.0bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 46% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 75% to 46% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $4.2bn of operating cash flow against $4.2bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $4.2bn against $217m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Trane Technologies'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 10 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 8.3% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 11 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 30.3%, moving by 1.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 14 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 14.5%; its worst year was 11.7%.
- Cash conversion 16 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 11.9% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 8.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.5% 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 (70 before it).
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