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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

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

Visteon Corp: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Net margin1.1%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 equity6.1%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 assets1.6%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 rate37.7%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 revenue4.3%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 revenue5.1%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 income0.0%0.0%0.0%———————0.0%0.0%7.5%22.6%

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

5 of 5 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $3.4bn
Short-term assets $1.7bnLonger-term assets $1.7bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.5bn
Short-term liabilities $1.1bnShareholders' equity $1.4bn
  • 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.

From Visteon 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

39 /100

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).

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 Visteon Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Visteon Corp.