Ribbon Communications Inc.
RBBN Nasdaq Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design Financials FY2016βFY2025
What Ribbon Communications Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- Ribbon Communications Inc.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 26, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001708055-26-000012
0001708055
Revenue and margins
Ribbon Communications Inc. had $845M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 1.3% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $26.1M in fiscal 2025, 3.1% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Ribbon Communications Inc. returned $9.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 34% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 3.3%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Ribbon Communications Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $104M | $67.3M | $26.5M | $87.8M | $96.4M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $371M | $330M | $235M | $348M | $342M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | β | β | β | 8.6x | 18.3x |
| Debt / equity | 0.7x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.9x | 0.8x |
| Current ratio | 1.4x | 1.4x | 1.2x | 1.4x | 1.4x |
| Quick ratio | 1.2x | 1.2x | 1.0x | 1.2x | 1.2x |
| Total assets | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.2B |
| Total liabilities | $821M | $737M | $691M | $758M | $763M |
| Shareholders' equity | $527M | $518M | $453M | $405M | $449M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $267M | $263M | $209M | $260M | $246M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 3 / 8 | 2 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β10.8% | β7.1% | β7.2% | β21.0% | β1.1% | β13.6% | β5.5% | β6.9% | β9.1% | β1.0% |
| Altman Z'' | β6.54 | β1.77 | β2.72 | β4.52 | β1.13 | β2.53 | β2.52 | β3.34 | β3.00 | β2.78 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $253M | $330M | $578M | $563M | $844M | $845M | $820M | $826M | $834M | $845M |
| Gross profit | $168M | $201M | $347M | $317M | $451M | $445M | $401M | $408M | $440M | $421M |
| Research and development | $72.8M | $101M | $145M | $141M | $195M | $195M | $204M | $191M | $180M | $179M |
| Operating income | β$13.6M | β$55.2M | β$65.4M | β$189M | $1.7M | β$118M | β$48.3M | β$24.3M | $16.9M | β$3.3M |
| Pretax income | β$11.4M | β$53.7M | β$73.4M | β$123M | $93.3M | β$208M | β$113M | β$55.4M | β$46.1M | β$45.1M |
| Income tax | $2.5M | β$18.4M | $3.4M | $7.2M | $4.7M | β$31.0M | β$14.5M | $10.8M | $8.2M | β$84.7M |
| Net income | β$13.9M | β$35.3M | β$76.8M | β$130M | $88.6M | β$177M | β$98.1M | β$66.2M | β$54.2M | $39.6M |
| Net income to common | β$13.9M | β$35.3M | β$76.8M | β$130M | $88.6M | β$177M | β | β | β | β |
| Diluted EPS | β$0.28 | β$0.60 | β$0.74 | β$1.19 | $0.61 | β$1.20 | β$0.63 | β$0.39 | β$0.31 | $0.22 |
| Diluted shares | 0.05B | 0.06B | 0.10B | 0.11B | 0.14B | 0.15B | 0.16B | 0.17B | 0.17B | 0.18B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $19.2M | $8.1M | β$9.6M | $55.7M | $102M | $19.2M | β$26.4M | $17.1M | $50.2M | $51.4M |
| Capital expenditure | $4.6M | $4.0M | $7.9M | $10.8M | $26.7M | $17.1M | $10.3M | $9.4M | $22.4M | $25.3M |
| Free cash flow | $14.6M | $4.1M | β$17.5M | $44.9M | $74.8M | $2.1M | β$36.6M | $7.7M | $27.8M | $26.1M |
| Depreciation and amortization | β | β | $11.2M | $11.9M | $17.2M | $17.0M | $15.3M | $14.1M | $13.5M | $16.7M |
| Stock-based compensation | $19.8M | $25.7M | $11.1M | $12.6M | $13.9M | $19.4M | $18.7M | $21.8M | $16.1M | $19.4M |
| Acquisitions | $20.7M | $43.0M | $46.4M | $0.0M | $347M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | β | β |
| Share buybacks | $9.5M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $4.5M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | β | β | $9.0M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $9.5M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $4.5M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | β | β | $9.0M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $93.8M | $74.3M | $51.0M | $44.6M | $128M | $104M | $67.3M | $26.5M | $87.8M | $96.4M |
| Total debt | β | $20.0M | $55.0M | $48.5M | $388M | $370M | $330M | $235M | $348M | $342M |
| Finance lease liabilities | β | β | β | $3.1M | $1.5M | $0.6M | $0.0M | β | β | β |
| Current assets | $178M | $282M | $278M | $279M | $448M | $481M | $478M | $419M | $464M | $454M |
| Current liabilities | $77.1M | $243M | $290M | $207M | $328M | $344M | $330M | $341M | $329M | $315M |
| Inventory | $18.3M | $21.3M | $22.6M | $14.8M | $45.8M | $54.0M | $75.4M | $77.5M | $79.2M | $78.8M |
| Property and equipment, net | $11.7M | $24.8M | $27.0M | $29.0M | $48.9M | β | β | β | β | β |
| Goodwill | $49.4M | $336M | $384M | $225M | $417M | $301M | $301M | $301M | $301M | $301M |
| Intangible assets | $30.2M | $244M | $251M | $213M | $417M | $351M | $295M | $238M | $188M | $143M |
| Total assets | $308M | $911M | $957M | $815M | $1.5B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.2B |
| Total liabilities | $88.9M | $295M | $367M | $332M | $860M | $821M | $737M | $691M | $758M | $763M |
| Preferred stock | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | β | β |
| Shareholders' equity | $219M | $615M | $590M | $483M | $687M | $527M | $518M | $453M | $405M | $449M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 66.4% | 61.1% | 60.1% | 56.3% | 53.4% | 52.6% | 48.9% | 49.4% | 52.7% | 49.8% |
| Operating margin | β5.4% | β16.7% | β11.3% | β33.6% | 0.2% | β13.9% | β5.9% | β2.9% | 2.0% | β0.4% |
| EBITDA margin | β | β | β9.4% | β31.5% | 2.2% | β11.9% | β4.0% | β1.2% | 3.6% | 1.6% |
| Net margin | β5.5% | β10.7% | β13.3% | β23.1% | 10.5% | β21.0% | β12.0% | β8.0% | β6.5% | 4.7% |
| FCF margin | 5.8% | 1.2% | β3.0% | 8.0% | 8.9% | 0.2% | β4.5% | 0.9% | 3.3% | 3.1% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | β | β7.8% | β8.7% | β30.7% | 0.2% | β11.7% | β4.9% | β2.9% | 2.0% | β0.4% |
| Return on capital employed | β5.9% | β8.3% | β9.8% | β31.2% | 0.1% | β11.7% | β5.2% | β3.0% | 2.0% | β0.4% |
| Return on equity | β6.4% | β8.4% | β12.7% | β24.2% | 15.1% | β29.2% | β18.8% | β13.6% | β12.7% | 9.3% |
| Return on assets | β4.5% | β5.8% | β8.2% | β14.7% | 7.5% | β12.2% | β7.5% | β5.5% | β4.7% | 3.3% |
| Return on tangible equity | β10.0% | β99.9% | β | β289.1% | β | β | β | β | β | 833.0% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 30.6% | 75.2% | β2.6% | 49.8% | 0.1% | β3.0% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.3% |
| Net income growth | β | β | β | β | β | β300.0% | β | β | β | β |
| EPS growth | β | β | β | β | β | β296.7% | β | β | β | β |
| FCF growth | β | β72.0% | β528.9% | β | 66.8% | β97.3% | β1,886.2% | β | 261.2% | β6.4% |
| Share count change | β | 19.1% | 76.7% | 5.6% | 31.8% | 2.0% | 6.2% | 8.8% | 2.1% | 3.3% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | β | β | β | β | 13.8x | β | β | β | 8.6x | 18.3x |
| Debt / equity | β | 0.0x | 0.1x | 0.1x | 0.6x | 0.7x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.9x | 0.8x |
| Current ratio | 2.3x | 1.2x | 1.0x | 1.4x | 1.4x | 1.4x | 1.4x | 1.2x | 1.4x | 1.4x |
| Quick ratio | 2.1x | 1.1x | 0.9x | 1.3x | 1.2x | 1.2x | 1.2x | 1.0x | 1.2x | 1.2x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 1.8% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.9% | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 2.7% | 3.0% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 7.8% | 7.8% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 1.6% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 1.9% | 2.3% |
| Payouts / FCF | 65.4% | 0.0% | β | 10.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | β | β | β | 34.4% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Altman Z'' | β6.5 | β1.8 | β2.7 | β4.5 | β1.1 | β2.5 | β2.5 | β3.3 | β3.0 | β2.8 |
| Accruals ratio | β10.8% | β7.1% | β7.2% | β21.0% | β1.1% | β13.6% | β5.5% | β6.9% | β9.1% | β1.0% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001708055). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.