STMicroelectronics
STMicroelectronics' revenue fell 11.1% to $11.8 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 1.5%, down from 12.6% a year earlier. It paid out $688 million in dividends and buybacks. The diluted share count fell 1.7%.
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 fell 0.6% a year and net income grew 0.1% a year, as new shares raised the share count by 4% and diluted each share's earnings.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital expenditure. The SEC's structured data for STMicroelectronics' filings doesn't give both for any year, so free cash flow is left out.
Payouts and share count
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 3,225 | 3,937 | 4,857 | 4,734 | 3,822 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 2,539 | 2,774 | 2,992 | 3,019 | 2,236 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | −686 | −1,163 | −1,865 | −1,715 | −1,586 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −0.2x | −0.2x | −0.3x | −0.5x | −0.8x |
| Debt to equity | 0.3x | 0.2x | 0.2x | 0.2x | 0.1x |
| Interest coverage | 57.6x | 341.5x | 83.8x | 19.7x | 3.2x |
| Current ratio | 2.6x | 2.6x | 3.2x | 3.1x | 3.4x |
| Quick ratio | 2.0x | 1.9x | 2.4x | 2.4x | 2.4x |
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 | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| F-score | 7 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 6 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −8.0% | −5.7% | −8.0% |
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10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 6,973 | 8,347 | 9,664 | 9,556 | 10,219 | 12,761 | 16,128 | 17,286 | 13,269 | 11,800 |
| Revenue growth | 1.1% | 19.7% | 15.8% | −1.1% | 6.9% | 24.9% | 26.4% | 7.2% | −23.2% | −11.1% |
| Gross profit | 2,459 | 3,272 | 3,861 | 3,696 | 3,789 | 5,326 | 7,635 | 8,287 | 5,220 | 3,999 |
| Research and development | 1,331 | 1,296 | 1,398 | 1,498 | 1,548 | 1,723 | 1,901 | 2,100 | 2,077 | 2,044 |
| Operating income | 227 | 1,005 | 1,400 | 1,203 | 1,323 | 2,419 | 4,439 | 4,611 | 1,676 | 175 |
| Net income | 165 | 802 | 1,287 | 1,032 | 1,106 | 2,000 | 3,960 | 4,211 | 1,557 | 166 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 0.19 | 0.89 | 1.41 | 1.14 | 1.20 | 2.16 | 4.19 | 4.46 | 1.66 | 0.18 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 886 | 906 | 911 | 904 | 920 | 925 | 946 | 944 | 939 | 923 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 1,043 | 1,677 | 1,845 | 1,869 | 2,093 | 3,060 | 5,202 | 5,992 | 2,965 | 2,152 |
| Capital expenditure | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends paid | 251 | 214 | 216 | 214 | 168 | 205 | 212 | 223 | 288 | 321 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 297 | 62 | 250 | 125 | 485 | 346 | 346 | 359 | 367 |
| Acquisitions | 78 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 38 | 61 | 125 | 145 | 155 | 221 | 215 | 236 | 222 | 193 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 1,964 | 2,190 | 2,596 | 2,730 | 3,139 | 3,225 | 3,937 | 4,857 | 4,734 | 3,822 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 1,451 | 1,701 | 1,910 | 2,278 | 2,621 | 2,539 | 2,774 | 2,992 | 3,019 | 2,236 |
| Total assets | 8,004 | 9,681 | 10,867 | 11,868 | 14,454 | 15,540 | 19,982 | 24,453 | 24,743 | 24,800 |
| Total liabilities | 3,408 | 4,214 | 4,443 | 4,757 | 5,948 | 6,267 | 7,224 | 7,601 | 7,064 | 6,575 |
| Shareholders' equity | 4,535 | 5,404 | 6,359 | 7,043 | 8,448 | 9,209 | 12,693 | 16,729 | 17,449 | 17,828 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 35.3% | 39.2% | 40.0% | 38.7% | 37.1% | 41.7% | 47.3% | 47.9% | 39.3% | 33.9% |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 12.0% | 14.5% | 12.6% | 12.9% | 19.0% | 27.5% | 26.7% | 12.6% | 1.5% |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 9.6% | 13.3% | 10.8% | 10.8% | 15.7% | 24.6% | 24.4% | 11.7% | 1.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on capital | 4.6% | 18.9% | 24.3% | 16.9% | 15.8% | 25.1% | 38.9% | 30.8% | 9.0% | 0.5% |
| Return on equity | 3.6% | 16.1% | 21.9% | 15.4% | 14.3% | 22.6% | 36.2% | 28.6% | 9.1% | 0.9% |
| Return on assets | 2.0% | 9.1% | 12.5% | 9.1% | 8.4% | 13.3% | 22.3% | 18.9% | 6.3% | 0.7% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −0.6x | −0.3x | −0.3x | −0.2x | −0.2x | −0.2x | −0.2x | −0.3x | −0.5x | −0.8x |