GSK
GSK's revenue rose 4.1% to £32.7 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 24.3%, up from 12.8% a year earlier. Free cash flow was £6.4 billion, up 24.0%. It paid out £3.9 billion in dividends and buybacks, 62% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 0.6%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, earnings per share grew 24.7% a year and net income 22.6% a year, as buybacks cut the share count by 16%.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 4.3 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 24.2 | 21.0 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 17.7 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 19.9 | 17.3 | 15.1 | 13.1 | 14.3 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 3.1x | 2.0x | 1.7x | 2.0x | 1.4x |
| Debt to equity | 1.6x | 2.0x | 1.4x | 1.2x | 1.1x |
| Interest coverage | 5.6x | 7.0x | 8.5x | 6.0x | 11.3x |
| Current ratio | 0.8x | 0.9x | 0.9x | 0.8x | 0.8x |
| Quick ratio | 0.5x | 0.7x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.5x |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Fail | Pass | Fail |
| Current ratio rose | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| F-score | 5 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 8 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −3.1% | −6.7% | −3.4% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSK | FY25 | 4.1% | 24.3% | 19.6% | 23.9% | 1.4x | 8 | |
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| AstraZeneca | FY25 | 8.6% | 23.4% | 20.0% | 16.8% | — | 9 | Compare |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals | FY25 | 4.3% | 12.5% | 6.7% | 10.5% | 4.2x | 8 | Compare |
| Pfizer | FY25 | −1.6% | — | 14.5% | 7.2% | 3.2x | 6 | Compare |
10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 27.9 | 30.2 | 30.8 | 33.8 | 24.4 | 24.7 | 29.3 | 30.3 | 31.4 | 32.7 |
| Revenue growth | 16.6% | 8.2% | 2.1% | 9.5% | −27.9% | 1.4% | 18.7% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Gross profit | 18.6 | 19.8 | 20.6 | 21.9 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 19.8 | 21.8 | 22.3 | 23.6 |
| Research and development | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 7.5 |
| Operating income | 2.6 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 7.9 |
| Net income | 0.9 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 15.0 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 5.7 |
| Diluted EPS (GBP) | 0.19 | 0.31 | 0.73 | 0.93 | 1.43 | 1.08 | 3.66 | 1.20 | 0.62 | 1.39 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 4,909 | 4,941 | 4,971 | 5,016 | 4,030 | 4,052 | 4,084 | 4,111 | 4,142 | 4,117 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 6.5 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.7 |
| Capital expenditure | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Free cash flow | 5.0 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 6.4 |
| Dividends paid | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| Share buybacks | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Acquisitions | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
| Stock-based compensation | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 18.8 | 17.1 | 26.1 | 30.5 | 27.1 | 24.2 | 21.0 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 17.7 |
| Total assets | 59.1 | 56.4 | 58.1 | 79.7 | 80.4 | 79.1 | 60.1 | 59.0 | 59.5 | 61.1 |
| Total liabilities | 54.1 | 52.9 | 54.4 | 61.3 | 59.6 | 57.8 | 50.0 | 46.2 | 46.4 | 45.2 |
| Shareholders' equity | 1.1 | −0.1 | 3.8 | 11.4 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 10.6 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 16.4 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 66.7% | 65.7% | 66.8% | 64.8% | 67.4% | 67.0% | 67.4% | 71.8% | 71.2% | 72.4% |
| Operating margin | 9.3% | 13.5% | 17.8% | 20.6% | 24.6% | 17.6% | 21.9% | 22.2% | 12.8% | 24.3% |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 5.1% | 11.8% | 13.8% | 23.6% | 17.8% | 51.0% | 16.2% | 8.2% | 17.5% |
| Free cash flow margin | 17.8% | 17.8% | 23.0% | 20.0% | 30.6% | 28.4% | 21.4% | 18.0% | 16.4% | 19.6% |
| Return on capital | — | 14.1% | 21.7% | 16.8% | 13.8% | 10.3% | 16.4% | 21.4% | 12.6% | 23.9% |
| Return on equity | — | — | — | 61.2% | 44.2% | 29.6% | 116.6% | 41.2% | 19.1% | 38.0% |
| Return on assets | — | 2.6% | 6.3% | 6.7% | 7.2% | 5.5% | 21.5% | 8.3% | 4.3% | 9.5% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 3.2x | 2.2x | 3.0x | 2.8x | 2.6x | 3.1x | 2.0x | 1.7x | 2.0x | 1.4x |