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
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 29.6% | 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 | — | 0.31 | 0.51 | 0.62 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.44 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.26 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.49 | 4.36 | 2.39 | 2.15 | 4.22 | 3.92 | 4.54 | 5.04 | 2.22 | 3.73 | 2.51 | 3.61 | 3.39 |
| 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) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39.6x | 20.0x | 8.8x | 9.8x | 6.7x | 3.9x | 4.7x | 5.6x |
| 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 revenue | 108.0% | 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 revenue | 28.8% | 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% |
Financial health
- 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.
Moat
Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Medium.
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