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Unisys Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Unisys Corp had an operating margin of 4.0% and a current ratio of 1.53. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Unisys Corp: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin25.4%26.7%25.6%26.3%24.5%23.2%17.9%19.8%20.0%30.5%24.0%23.8%27.8%26.7%27.4%29.2%28.2%27.8%
Operating margin7.5%9.3%8.4%8.6%6.4%4.6%−1.8%4.6%3.5%9.4%6.2%4.3%7.5%2.6%3.8%4.8%4.0%1.4%
Net margin4.3%5.9%3.5%3.9%3.1%1.4%−3.6%−1.7%−2.4%3.4%−0.8%37.0%−21.8%−5.4%−21.4%−9.6%−17.4%−21.7%
Free-cash-flow margin8.0%6.8%7.1%6.0%4.1%2.0%−1.5%6.6%5.1%1.7%3.9%−35.0%5.1%−0.9%2.1%5.1%−8.7%3.9%
Return on assets6.4%7.9%4.8%5.8%4.4%1.9%−4.9%−2.3%−2.9%3.0%−0.7%28.8%−17.5%−4.7%−21.4%−10.1%−18.3%−24.2%
Asset turnover1.481.341.371.471.401.391.351.361.200.900.900.780.800.881.001.051.051.12
Current ratio1.221.401.441.471.501.321.161.051.431.411.321.611.511.431.491.561.531.41
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)3.5x3.7x5.1x11.6x22.2x16.8xn/m4.7x1.8x3.3x2.2x3.0x4.4x1.6x2.5x3.1x1.5x0.4x
Effective tax rate19.4%26.4%31.5%38.3%45.3%59.2%———64.8%————————
R&D as % of revenue2.3%2.0%2.0%2.2%2.0%2.0%2.5%1.7%1.4%1.4%1.4%1.3%1.4%1.2%1.2%1.3%1.3%1.2%
SG&A as % of revenue15.5%15.4%15.2%15.5%16.2%16.5%17.2%15.6%15.0%15.1%16.4%18.2%19.0%22.9%22.3%21.1%20.1%19.9%
Capital spending as % of revenue1.0%1.6%1.1%1.1%1.4%1.6%1.6%1.2%0.9%1.6%1.7%1.4%1.3%1.6%1.6%1.6%1.5%1.8%
Free cash flow ÷ net income185.4%115.5%205.2%151.9%129.2%145.8%———50.7%—−94.4%——————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow————8.3%52.4%—0.0%——————————

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 4 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $1.6bn
Short-term assets $846mLonger-term assets $796m
What it owes, and who funded it · $600m
Short-term liabilities $600mShareholders' equity $-367m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $846m of assets due within a year against $600m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $324m of cash against $722m of debt.
  • 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 $112m of operating cash flow against $722m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $26m against $74m of interest.

From Unisys Corp's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

24 /100

Weak moat

How hard Unisys'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 5 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 5.4% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 9 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 26.9%, moving by 3.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 4 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 4.6%; its worst year was 1.4%.

  • Cash conversion 8 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 10 years, at a median 1.6% of revenue.

  • Discipline 13 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 11.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.7% 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 (39 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Unisys Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Unisys Corp.