Innovate Corp. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Innovate Corp. had an operating margin of 2.3% and a current ratio of 0.44. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 52.2% | 5.5% | 5.7% | 4.5% | — | 12.3% | 19.5% | 19.6% | 19.8% | 44.7% | 17.9% | 15.2% | 13.5% | 15.2% | 18.9% | 16.0% | 15.9% |
| Operating margin | −2.1% | −10.0% | −17.1% | −17.0% | −2.6% | 0.1% | −0.1% | −0.1% | −2.8% | 2.3% | −3.9% | −0.9% | 0.8% | 1.9% | 3.6% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| Net margin | −6.8% | −9.4% | 9.2% | 48.4% | −2.6% | −3.2% | −6.1% | −2.9% | 8.2% | −2.9% | −12.8% | −18.9% | −2.2% | −2.5% | −3.1% | −4.9% | −1.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.6% | 2.8% | −2.7% | −14.3% | −0.0% | −4.4% | 3.2% | −1.5% | 15.3% | 8.0% | 3.3% | 0.2% | −1.8% | 0.6% | −0.9% | 11.7% | 9.3% |
| Return on equity | −24.0% | −44.7% | 34.4% | 181.6% | −21.5% | −41.1% | −136.7% | −80.0% | — | −14.4% | −20.2% | −95.7% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on assets | −3.7% | −7.3% | 6.6% | 57.4% | −3.6% | −2.1% | −3.4% | −1.5% | 3.3% | −0.5% | −1.3% | −5.8% | −3.2% | −3.2% | −3.6% | −6.6% | −2.3% |
| Asset turnover | 0.55 | 0.78 | 0.72 | 1.19 | 1.36 | 0.65 | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.41 | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.31 | 1.47 | 1.30 | 1.14 | 1.35 | 1.55 |
| Current ratio | 1.01 | 0.95 | 1.11 | 2.36 | 1.66 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.05 | 1.01 | 1.29 | 1.25 | 0.81 | 0.44 | 0.44 |
| Debt to equity | 307.2% | 265.9% | 186.5% | 0.0% | 436.6% | 405.8% | 991.6% | 811.5% | 844.4% | 293.1% | 103.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | 0.0x | n/m | n/m | n/m | 0.3x | n/m | n/m | 0.3x | 0.4x | 0.5x | 0.3x | 0.7x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 40.1% | 10.3% | 14.9% | 15.0% | 14.7% | 9.7% | 9.8% | 11.2% | 11.0% | 16.5% | 20.3% | 14.0% | 11.0% | 11.8% | 14.5% | 12.3% | 10.6% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 9.4% | 7.7% | 10.5% | 5.5% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 2.0% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | −29.3% | −29.5% | — | — | — | — | 186.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | 198.2% | 107.3% | — | — | — | — | 0.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | 3.3% | — | — | — | — | 2.6% | — | 0.2% | — | — | 100.0% | — | 27.2% | — | 1.5% | 1.3% |
| 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 | 19.9% | 19.6% | 16.6% | 18.8% | 14.3% | 15.4% | 14.7% | 18.9% |
| Operating margin | 2.4% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 3.7% | 2.7% | 8.2% |
| Net margin | −6.2% | −7.0% | −8.9% | −8.2% | −2.6% | −1.9% | −4.6% | 2.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −13.0% | 14.5% | −6.9% | 18.5% | 5.5% | 26.4% | 12.4% | −5.9% |
| Current ratio | 0.85 | 0.81 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.40 | 0.44 |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 15.4% | 17.1% | 13.8% | 14.5% | 11.4% | 10.6% | 10.8% | 9.8% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $479m of assets due within a year against $1.1bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $479m short-term assets against $143m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $88m of cash against $616m 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 $141m of operating cash flow against $616m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $65m against $100m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Innovate'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 0 / 20
Net income has been a median -2.2% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 8 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 16.5%, moving by 1.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 0.8%; its worst year was -10.9%.
- Cash conversion 7 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 10 years, at a median 2.0% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 205.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.3% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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