UL Solutions Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, UL Solutions Inc. had return on equity of 30.0%, an operating margin of 17.1%, debt equal to 39.1% of equity and a current ratio of 1.32. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 47.9% | 47.9% | 48.5% | 49.5% | 50.3% |
| Operating margin | 16.3% | 13.7% | 16.1% | 17.1% | 17.9% |
| Net margin | 11.6% | 9.7% | 11.4% | 10.6% | 16.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.3% | 9.4% | 10.0% | 13.2% | 13.9% |
| Return on equity | 27.2% | 30.0% | 41.8% | 30.0% | 35.4% |
| Return on assets | — | 9.5% | 11.8% | 11.4% | 16.7% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.98 | 1.04 | 1.07 | 1.04 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.34 | 1.24 | 1.32 | 1.42 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 139.1% | 82.6% | 39.1% | 19.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 24.2x | 10.5x | 8.4x | 12.7x | 17.6x |
| Effective tax rate | 19.3% | 20.2% | 16.9% | 26.6% | 26.5% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 31.5% | 32.7% | 32.4% | 31.2% | 31.4% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 6.5% | 8.0% | 8.3% | 6.5% | 7.7% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 71.0% | 96.9% | 88.0% | 124.0% | 86.3% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 546.1% | 261.5% | 30.7% | 32.0% | 21.8% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 769.2% | 269.8% | 34.8% | 25.8% | 25.2% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 49.0% | 47.2% | 48.2% | 49.2% | 50.3% | 49.7% | 50.3% | 51.1% |
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 15.6% | 15.5% | 17.9% | 19.9% | 15.0% | 18.2% | 18.4% |
| Net margin | 12.0% | 11.0% | 9.5% | 11.7% | 12.8% | 8.5% | 12.1% | 30.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.5% | 9.7% | 14.6% | 13.5% | 13.9% | 10.9% | 19.8% | 11.2% |
| Current ratio | 1.31 | 1.24 | 1.24 | 1.32 | 1.33 | 1.32 | 1.16 | 1.42 |
| Debt to equity | 91.4% | 82.1% | 67.3% | 55.6% | 45.6% | 38.9% | 27.1% | 18.9% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 31.2% | 31.8% | 32.9% | 31.4% | 30.4% | 30.3% | 32.1% | 32.7% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.2bn of assets due within a year against $866m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.2bn short-term assets against $633m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $434m of cash against $301m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 19% of equity.
- 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 $678m of operating cash flow against $301m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $562m against $32m of interest.
Moat
Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: High.
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