Unity Software Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Unity Software Inc. had return on equity of -12.5%, an operating margin of -25.9%, debt equal to 69.0% of equity and a current ratio of 1.84. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 78.7% | 78.1% | 77.7% | 77.2% | 68.2% | 66.5% | 73.5% | 74.2% | 64.9% |
| Operating margin | −34.2% | −27.8% | −35.6% | −47.9% | −63.4% | −38.1% | −41.6% | −25.9% | −30.4% |
| Net margin | −34.6% | −30.1% | −36.5% | −48.0% | −66.2% | −37.6% | −36.6% | −21.8% | −29.0% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −31.3% | −17.5% | −2.6% | −13.8% | −8.4% | 8.2% | 15.8% | 21.8% | 26.5% |
| Return on equity | −41.6% | −46.0% | −23.2% | −24.0% | −31.1% | −24.5% | −20.8% | −12.5% | −18.7% |
| Return on assets | — | −21.4% | −16.4% | −14.2% | −14.5% | −10.9% | −9.5% | −5.9% | −8.7% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.71 | 0.45 | 0.30 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.30 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.09 | 4.13 | 3.44 | 2.34 | 2.60 | 2.50 | 1.84 | 2.03 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 71.1% | 76.7% | 85.2% | 70.2% | 69.0% | 73.7% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m |
| R&D as % of revenue | 53.6% | 47.2% | 52.2% | 62.6% | 69.0% | 48.2% | 51.0% | 50.3% | 50.6% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 10.0% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 3.8% | 4.1% | 2.6% | 1.6% | 1.0% | 0.8% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | 139.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 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 | 74.9% | 74.7% | 73.8% | 74.1% | 74.4% | 74.3% | 30.8% | 79.6% |
| Operating margin | −28.5% | −27.1% | −29.4% | −26.9% | −26.7% | −21.2% | −69.1% | −5.9% |
| Net margin | −27.9% | −26.8% | −17.8% | −24.7% | −26.9% | −17.9% | −68.4% | −4.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 25.8% | 23.1% | 1.7% | 28.7% | 32.1% | 23.6% | 13.1% | 37.0% |
| Current ratio | 2.41 | 2.50 | 2.74 | 2.73 | 2.78 | 1.84 | 1.95 | 2.03 |
| R&D as % of revenue | 48.2% | 47.7% | 50.7% | 48.7% | 51.9% | 49.6% | 50.1% | 50.9% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $3.2bn of assets due within a year against $1.6bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $3.2bn short-term assets against $1.8bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- 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 Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$616m against $24m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Unity Software's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 7 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 4 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 4.8% of total assets over 6 years.
- Pricing power 17 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 73.1%, moving by 5.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 7 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -43.2%; its worst year was -53.1%.
- Cash conversion 10 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 4 of 6 years, at a median 5.9% 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 (51 before it).
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