Upbound Group
UPBD Nasdaq· Computer & Electronics Retail
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$16.99
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Upbound Group had $4.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 8.7% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +10.8% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 4.8%, down 2.0 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 5 is left after running the business.
- Upbound Group made $73.2M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $239M in fiscal 2025, 5.1% of revenue.
- Upbound Group returned $87.9M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 37% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 4.8%.
Market cap
$997M
P/E
11.0x
Revenue
$4.7B
Net income
$73.2M
Free cash flow
$239M
Operating margin
4.8%
Upbound Group in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+8.7%
Yes. Sales grew 8.7% last year.
Does it make a profit?
1.6%
A little. It keeps 1.6% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
5.1%
Partly. 5.1% of sales ends up as free cash.
How is the share priced?
11.0x
One share costs 11.0 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 17.9x.
What Upbound Group does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 23, 2026
- Legal name
- Upbound Group, Inc.
- CIK
- 0000933036
Upbound Group · UPBD
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $4.6B | $4.2B | $4.0B | $4.3B | $4.7B |
| Revenue growth | 62.9% | −7.4% | −6.0% | 8.2% | 8.7% |
| Gross margin | 48.8% | 49.0% | 50.7% | 48.2% | 48.4% |
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 3.5% | 4.1% | 6.8% | 4.8% |
| Net income | $135M | $12.4M | −$5.2M | $124M | $73.2M |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 0.3% | −0.1% | 2.9% | 1.6% |
| Diluted EPS | $2.02 | $0.21 | −$0.09 | $2.21 | $1.25 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $392M | $469M | $200M | $105M | $306M |
| Capital expenditure | $62.4M | $61.4M | $53.4M | $56.3M | $66.9M |
| Free cash flow | $330M | $407M | $147M | $48.5M | $239M |
| FCF margin | 7.2% | 9.6% | 3.7% | 1.1% | 5.1% |
| Dividends paid | $71.5M | $79.2M | $83.1M | $82.3M | $87.9M |
| Share buybacks | $390M | $75.1M | $50.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share count change | 19.9% | −11.8% | −6.8% | 1.7% | 4.8% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $108M | $144M | $93.7M | $60.9M | $121M |
| Shareholders' equity | $513M | $525M | $560M | $629M | $696M |
| Interest coverage | 4.0x | 1.7x | 1.4x | 2.6x | 2.0x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on equity | 24.4% | 2.4% | −1.0% | 20.8% | 11.1% |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.1M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.2M
1 insider
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Upbound Group · UPBD
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upbound Group UPBD | $997M | 8.7% | 4.8% | 5.1% | — | 11.0x | — |
| GameStop GME | $14.2B | −5.1% | 6.4% | 16.5% | — | 15.7x | 6 |
| Best Buy BBY | $20.8B | 0.4% | 3.3% | 3.0% | 43.9% | 16.3x | 7 |
| Floor & Decor FND | $5.1B | 5.1% | 5.8% | 1.4% | 9.3% | 22.0x | 6 |
| Five Below FIVE | $12.8B | 22.9% | 9.6% | 8.6% | 26.9% | 20.6x | 7 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $16.99 a share, the company is worth $997M: 11.0 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Upbound Group grew sales faster than 3 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 0 of 4.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000933036). Data updated October 20, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.