Garmin Ltd.

GRMN Technology Scientific & Technical Instruments

Garmin Ltd.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $7.2 billion, up 15.1% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+12.2%
EPS
+34.4%
Free cash flow
−31.0%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

285.57 0.83 −0.29%
Market cap
$55.2B
P/E
27.2×
Fwd P/E
26.5×
Dividend yield
1.37%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
14.19
Beneish M
−2.24
Dividend safety
96/100

Garmin Ltd. (GRMN) Return on invested capital

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Garmin Ltd.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 19.7%, up 0.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (18.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.5% (fiscal 2022) to 18.8% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median of 4.79% and above the Technology sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 18.8% 0.18
FY2024 18.6% 5.10
FY2023 13.5% 0.01
FY2022 13.5% (4.32)
FY2021 17.8% (0.11)
FY2020 18.0% 0.51
FY2019 17.4% (0.07)
FY2018 17.5% 2.25
FY2017 15.3% (1.91)
FY2016 17.2% 2.22

Against its own ten years

Low 13.5% High 18.8%
Ten-year median 17.4%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
GRMN Garmin Ltd. 19.7%
CGNX Cognex Corporation compare 17.2%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc. compare 12.9%
MKSI MKS Inc. compare 8.51%
ESE ESCO Technologies Inc. compare 7.76%
TDY Teledyne Technologies Incorporated compare 6.47%
TRMB Trimble Inc. compare 6.30%
FTV Fortive Corporation compare 5.93%
COHR Coherent Corp. compare 4.79%
Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median 4.79%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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