Txnm Energy Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Txnm Energy Inc had return on equity of 5.1%, an operating margin of 20.4%, debt equal to 164.5% of equity and a current ratio of 0.55. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | 39.8% | 36.5% | 32.9% | 33.8% | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 20.9% | 21.8% | 16.4% | 9.9% | 18.7% | 17.3% | 17.5% | 11.9% | 23.0% | 20.4% | 24.4% |
| Net margin | 8.6% | 5.5% | 6.0% | 5.3% | 11.3% | 11.0% | 7.5% | 4.5% | 12.3% | 7.0% | 9.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −14.1% | 1.6% | −5.1% | −7.8% | −12.7% | −21.8% | −15.3% | −27.1% | −37.5% | −28.2% | −26.0% |
| Return on equity | 7.0% | 4.7% | 5.1% | 4.6% | 9.3% | 9.3% | 7.8% | 3.9% | 9.9% | 5.1% | 6.5% |
| Return on assets | 1.8% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 2.3% | 1.3% | 1.8% |
| Asset turnover | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.19 |
| Current ratio | 0.47 | 0.35 | 0.59 | 0.30 | 0.39 | 0.49 | 0.46 | 0.39 | 0.28 | 0.55 | 0.81 |
| Debt to equity | 159.9% | 161.8% | 172.1% | 190.2% | 162.3% | 173.5% | 196.6% | 203.6% | 218.1% | 164.5% | 164.8% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 2.2x | 2.5x | 1.9x | 1.2x | 2.5x | 3.2x | 3.1x | 1.2x | 2.0x | 1.6x | 2.0x |
| Effective tax rate | 32.4% | 57.7% | 7.1% | −37.8% | 9.9% | 13.3% | 12.4% | −18.1% | 7.7% | 5.7% | 10.4% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 44.0% | 34.6% | 34.9% | 42.3% | 44.6% | 52.5% | 40.6% | 55.5% | 63.3% | 55.2% | 52.3% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | −164.1% | 28.8% | −85.2% | −146.2% | −111.9% | −197.7% | −203.7% | −597.4% | −305.1% | −404.0% | −263.6% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 60.4% | 97.4% | 99.2% | 120.1% | 57.0% | 57.7% | 70.7% | 144.3% | 58.0% | 107.9% | 79.3% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | 398.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.0% | 14.9% | 14.5% | 31.3% | 17.6% | 15.3% | 22.5% | 37.0% |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 1.8% | 4.3% | 20.2% | −1.8% | 0.7% | 13.0% | 22.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −38.3% | −41.7% | −52.3% | 0.7% | −28.5% | −31.6% | −35.6% | −13.1% |
| Current ratio | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.81 |
| Debt to equity | 194.1% | 209.8% | 164.0% | 148.8% | 159.2% | 156.3% | 152.4% | 158.3% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $759m of assets due within a year against $941m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $759m short-term assets against $8.2bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $29m of cash against $5.8bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 158% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 171% to 158% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $610m of operating cash flow against $5.8bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $565m against $280m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Txnm Energy'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
Net income has been a median 1.7% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 9 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 17.9%; its worst year was 4.5%.
- Cash conversion 0 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 0 of 9 years, at a median -22.1% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 31.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% 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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