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Weibo Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Weibo Corp had return on equity of 12.1%, an operating margin of 26.5%, debt equal to 53.5% of equity and a current ratio of 3.39. 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.

Weibo Corp: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025
Gross margin29.6%68.2%75.0%70.3%73.9%79.9%83.8%81.4%82.1%82.1%78.2%78.7%78.9%76.0%
Operating margin−148.4%−31.1%−6.6%7.8%21.5%35.4%35.5%33.8%30.0%30.9%26.2%26.9%28.2%26.5%
Net margin−155.4%−21.1%−19.5%7.3%16.5%30.7%33.3%28.0%18.5%19.0%4.7%19.5%17.1%25.6%
Free-cash-flow margin−186.0%−7.4%−10.2%35.8%34.0%45.1%26.7%34.5%41.8%34.5%28.4%36.1%33.0%27.2%
Return on equity——−41.3%5.9%15.7%36.2%38.9%24.6%12.3%13.4%2.5%10.2%8.7%12.1%
Return on assets—−6.6%−10.0%4.5%11.5%19.6%19.6%12.2%5.6%6.2%1.2%4.8%4.4%6.6%
Asset turnover—0.310.510.620.700.640.590.440.300.330.250.240.250.26
Current ratio—1.494.362.392.154.223.924.545.042.223.732.513.613.39
Debt to equity——0.0%0.0%0.0%80.2%54.1%38.9%54.6%67.8%46.3%21.9%62.8%53.5%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)——————39.6x20.0x8.8x9.8x6.7x3.9x4.7x5.6x
Effective tax rate———7.0%3.9%16.0%14.4%18.2%16.3%25.2%23.6%28.9%26.3%23.9%
R&D as % of revenue108.0%53.5%37.7%30.0%23.5%16.8%14.5%16.1%19.2%19.1%22.6%19.0%17.6%18.5%
Capital spending as % of revenue28.8%6.4%4.4%2.3%2.0%1.8%1.6%1.2%2.1%1.6%2.3%2.1%3.5%2.4%
Free cash flow ÷ net income———492.5%206.4%147.1%80.4%123.3%225.6%181.9%608.9%185.7%192.3%106.3%
Dividends ÷ net income———————————58.4%64.6%43.6%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow——————————11.1%31.5%33.6%41.0%

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

6 of 7 checks passed · December 31, 2025
What it owns · $7.1bn
Short-term assets $3.6bnLonger-term assets $3.5bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $7.0bn
Short-term liabilities $1.1bnLonger-term liabilities $2.0bnShareholders' equity $3.9bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $3.6bn of assets due within a year against $1.1bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $3.6bn short-term assets against $2.0bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $2.3bn of cash against $2.1bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 53% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 55% to 53% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $519m of operating cash flow against $2.1bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $465m against $82m of interest.

From Weibo 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

Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Medium.

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 Weibo Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q). How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Weibo Corp.