Uber key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Uber had return on equity of 41.4%, an operating margin of 10.7%, debt equal to 39.2% of equity and a current ratio of 1.14. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | −51.4% | −29.1% | −66.1% | −43.7% | −22.0% | −5.7% | 3.0% | 6.4% | 10.7% | 12.1% |
| Net margin | −50.8% | 9.6% | −65.4% | −60.8% | −2.8% | −28.7% | 5.1% | 22.4% | 19.3% | 17.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −28.2% | −20.1% | −37.8% | −30.2% | −4.3% | 1.2% | 9.0% | 15.7% | 18.8% | 18.3% |
| Return on equity | — | — | — | −51.2% | −3.7% | −83.9% | 20.3% | 60.1% | 41.4% | 35.2% |
| Return on assets | — | 4.2% | −30.5% | −20.8% | −1.4% | −25.8% | 5.3% | 21.9% | 17.8% | 15.0% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.43 | 0.47 | 0.34 | 0.48 | 0.90 | 1.05 | 0.98 | 0.92 | 0.87 |
| Current ratio | — | 2.03 | 2.47 | 1.44 | 0.98 | 1.04 | 1.19 | 1.07 | 1.14 | 0.84 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | 40.8% | 64.5% | 64.9% | 127.5% | 85.0% | 44.4% | 39.2% | 53.9% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | 1.8x | 5.4x | 12.6x | 14.5x |
| Effective tax rate | — | 21.6% | — | — | — | — | 9.2% | — | — | −45.7% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 15.1% | 14.4% | 37.2% | 19.8% | 11.8% | 8.8% | 8.5% | 7.1% | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 10.4% | 5.3% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | −210.5% | — | — | — | — | 178.2% | 70.0% | 97.1% | 105.6% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 18.2% | 66.8% | 68.2% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 6.4% | 10.6% | 11.5% | 8.3% | 12.3% | 14.6% | 13.3% |
| Net margin | 23.3% | 57.6% | 15.4% | 10.7% | 49.2% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 16.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 18.9% | 14.3% | 19.5% | 19.6% | 16.6% | 19.5% | 17.3% | 19.7% |
| Current ratio | 1.42 | 1.07 | 1.02 | 1.11 | 1.15 | 1.14 | 1.07 | 0.84 |
| Debt to equity | 77.7% | 44.1% | 43.2% | 47.5% | 41.8% | 38.9% | 42.5% | 46.6% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 6.9% | 6.6% | 7.1% | 6.6% | 6.4% | 6.2% | 7.2% | 7.3% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $12.5bn of assets due within a year against $14.9bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $12.5bn short-term assets against $22.5bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $4.9bn of cash against $12.7bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 47% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 64% to 47% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $10.4bn of operating cash flow against $12.7bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $6.7bn against $462m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Uber's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 8 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 -2.0% of total assets over 8 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -5.4%; its worst year was -73.5%.
- Cash conversion 8 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 8 years, at a median 3.8% of revenue.
- Discipline 8 / 20
The diluted share count rose 13.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 5.6% 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 (32 before it).
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