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Clear Secure, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Clear Secure, Inc. had return on equity of 58.1%, an operating margin of 20.7%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 1.01. 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.

Fiscal year2019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Operating margin−29.2%−8.2%−45.3%−29.5%3.3%16.0%20.7%25.1%
Net margin−28.2%−4.0%−14.2%−15.0%4.6%22.0%12.1%14.8%
Free-cash-flow margin1.0%−12.5%16.4%31.3%32.5%36.8%38.1%50.8%
Return on equity———−23.1%10.7%78.6%58.1%77.0%
Return on assets—−4.0%−6.9%−7.1%2.7%15.2%8.7%10.3%
Asset turnover—0.990.490.470.590.690.720.69
Current ratio—1.172.471.871.391.031.011.04
Debt to equity——0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Effective tax rate————1.4%—18.4%21.3%
R&D as % of revenue11.0%13.9%18.7%15.3%12.1%9.5%8.0%7.2%
Capital spending as % of revenue7.6%7.2%11.1%7.2%4.2%1.6%3.3%3.4%
Free cash flow ÷ net income————709.7%167.2%314.3%343.8%
Dividends ÷ net income————51.5%23.2%43.8%36.9%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow638.7%—28.3%3.6%42.2%110.1%50.8%11.0%

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

2 of 2 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $1.6bn
Short-term assets $1.0bnLonger-term assets $555m
What it owes, and who funded it · $1.5bn
Short-term liabilities $984mLonger-term liabilities $351mShareholders' equity $206m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.0bn of assets due within a year against $984m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.0bn short-term assets against $351m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • 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 Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Clear Secure, Inc.'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

43 /100

Weak moat

How hard Clear Secure's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 5 / 20

    Net income has been a median 4.4% of total assets over 6 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -2.9%; its worst year was -28.0%.

  • Cash conversion 20 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 6 years, at a median 36.7% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (58 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 Clear Secure, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Clear Secure, Inc.