Visteon Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Visteon Corp had return on equity of 13.9% and a net margin of 5.3%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 1.1% | 1.5% | 9.3% | 2.4% | 5.6% | 5.5% | 2.4% | −2.2% | 1.5% | 3.3% | 14.4% | 7.7% | 5.3% | 4.1% |
| Return on equity | 6.1% | 7.4% | 41.8% | 6.0% | 28.8% | 29.8% | 14.8% | −12.9% | 9.1% | 20.8% | 66.3% | 25.0% | 13.9% | 10.7% |
| Return on assets | 1.6% | 2.0% | 12.3% | 1.8% | 7.5% | 7.6% | 3.3% | −2.5% | 1.8% | 5.3% | 21.9% | 10.4% | 6.3% | 4.7% |
| Effective tax rate | 37.7% | 31.8% | 9.2% | 18.6% | 21.5% | 19.9% | 22.6% | — | 38.3% | 25.7% | — | −2.7% | 37.0% | 15.2% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 4.3% | 4.4% | 2.0% | 9.3% | 8.0% | 9.6% | 10.2% | 7.9% | 6.9% | 5.2% | 5.3% | 4.9% | 5.8% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 5.1% | 4.6% | 2.4% | 7.1% | 7.2% | 6.5% | 7.5% | 7.6% | 6.3% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 5.4% | 5.4% | 5.2% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.5% | 22.6% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.7bn of assets due within a year against $1.1bn 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 $464m of cash against $330m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 23% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 65% to 23% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $199m of operating cash flow against $330m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Visteon'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 9 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 7.9% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 8 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 10.6%, moving by 2.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Net margin has been a median 4.0%; its worst year was -1.4%.
- Cash conversion 9 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 2.9% of revenue.
- Discipline 18 / 20
The diluted share count fell 3.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.7% 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 (44 before it).
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