Magna International
Magna International's revenue fell 1.9% to $42.0 billion in fiscal 2025. Its net margin was 2.0%, down from 2.4% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $2.3 billion, up 56.9%. It paid out $681 million in dividends and buybacks, 30% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.5%.
Net margin is net 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 fell 6.1% a year and net income 9.5% a year, while buybacks cut the share count by 28%.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 2.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 4.0 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 1.0 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 0.3x | 1.0x | 1.3x | 1.1x | 0.9x |
| Debt to equity | 0.3x | 0.3x | 0.5x | 0.4x | 0.4x |
| Interest coverage | 17.0x | 8.0x | 7.6x | 6.0x | 5.8x |
| Current ratio | 1.3x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 1.2x |
| Quick ratio | 0.9x | 0.8x | 0.7x | 0.7x | 0.9x |
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 | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| F-score | 7 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 8 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −6.5% | −8.3% | −8.9% |
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10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 36.4 | 36.6 | 40.8 | 39.4 | 32.6 | 36.2 | 37.8 | 42.8 | 42.8 | 42.0 |
| Revenue growth | 13.4% | 0.4% | 11.6% | −3.4% | −17.2% | 11.0% | 4.4% | 13.1% | 0.1% | −1.9% |
| Gross profit | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.0 |
| Research and development | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net income | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 5.16 | 5.87 | 6.61 | 5.59 | 2.52 | 5.00 | 2.03 | 4.23 | 3.52 | 2.93 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 393 | 374 | 348 | 316 | 300 | 303 | 291 | 287 | 287 | 282 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Capital expenditure | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.3 |
| Free cash flow | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| Dividends paid | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Share buybacks | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Acquisitions | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| Total assets | 22.6 | 25.5 | 25.9 | 25.8 | 28.6 | 29.1 | 27.8 | 32.3 | 31.0 | 31.4 |
| Total liabilities | 12.3 | 13.8 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 20.0 | 19.1 | 18.6 |
| Shareholders' equity | 9.8 | 11.2 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 12.5 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 14.6% | 15.6% | 14.1% | 13.7% | 13.6% | 14.2% | 12.3% | 13.1% | 13.5% | 14.3% |
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 6.0% | 5.6% | 4.5% | 2.3% | 4.2% | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 2.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.0% | 4.0% | 5.1% | 6.4% | 6.5% | 4.3% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 3.4% | 5.4% |
| Return on capital | 20.2% | 17.1% | 16.5% | 12.3% | 5.8% | 12.8% | 5.5% | 9.8% | 8.1% | 6.7% |
| Return on equity | 21.7% | 20.9% | 21.0% | 16.4% | 6.8% | 13.1% | 5.2% | 10.6% | 8.6% | 6.9% |
| Return on assets | 9.6% | 9.1% | 8.9% | 6.8% | 2.8% | 5.2% | 2.1% | 4.0% | 3.2% | 2.6% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 0.6x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 0.5x | 0.3x | 0.3x | 1.0x | 1.3x | 1.1x | 0.9x |