AORTArtivion, Inc.

$27.20

Is the business good?

How good a business is AORT?

Artivion, Inc. earns 4.8% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.

4.8%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 4.2 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value

Operating margin
8.2%

Operating margin · Medical Devices median 11% · 12 months to Q1 2026

Cash conversion
1.25×

Cash conversion · every dollar of reported profit arrived as cash, and more

Share count, year on year
+18%

Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY20200.96%
FY20212.7%
FY20222.0%
FY20231.6%
FY202410%
FY20257.6%
Details
Gross margin12 months to Q1 2026
65%
Operating margin12 months to Q1 2026
8.2%
Net margin12 months to Q1 2026
2.5%
Free cash flow margin
3.2%
R&D as % of revenue
7.2%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$459M
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$15M
Net income, trailing twelve months
$12M
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
4.8%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.