Upland Software, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Upland Software, Inc. had a net margin of -17.9%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | −11.0% | −22.3% | −31.2% | −19.5% | −18.1% | −19.1% | −7.2% | −20.4% | −17.6% | −19.3% | −21.6% | −60.4% | −41.0% | −17.9% | −18.5% |
| Return on equity | — | — | −72.5% | −20.8% | −22.7% | −24.9% | −12.1% | −30.2% | −19.7% | −18.7% | −21.9% | −82.7% | — | — | — |
| Return on assets | — | −9.7% | −17.5% | −10.6% | −9.9% | −8.7% | −2.8% | −6.6% | −5.4% | −5.7% | −6.4% | −18.1% | −16.1% | −8.3% | −9.5% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 23.3% | 25.1% | 40.5% | 22.6% | 20.0% | 16.1% | 14.0% | 13.0% | 13.4% | 14.1% | 14.6% | 16.6% | 17.2% | 16.8% | 15.7% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $70m of assets due within a year against $80m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $70m short-term assets against $234m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $31m of cash against $220m 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 $25m of operating cash flow against $220m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Upland Software'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 12 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 10.1% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 19 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 67.6%, moving by 3.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -9.7%; its worst year was -52.1%.
- Cash conversion 15 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 9.9% of revenue.
- Discipline 3 / 20
The diluted share count rose 11.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 9.7% 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 (60 before it).
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