CALXCalix, Inc.
Is the business good?
The checks split: nothing decisive, though earnings fully cash-backed (2.5×).
Mixed fundamental signals. Nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year health from the filings.
Operating profit is fully backed by cash.
Margins have held roughly steady, a stable cost structure.
A balanced mix of margins, efficiency, and leverage. ROE 3% = margin × turnover × leverage.
Unless marked, from derived.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is CALX?
Calix, Inc. earns 9.4% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 0.38 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 5.5%
Operating margin · Software - Infrastructure median 5.8% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Cash conversion
- 2.53×
Cash conversion · operating cash flow covers the operating profit after tax
- Share count, year on year
- +1.5%
Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 6.8% |
| FY2021 | 11% |
| FY2022 | 6.1% |
| FY2023 | 2.5% |
| FY2024 | −5.2% |
| FY2025 | 2.1% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 57%
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 5.5%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 4.6%
- Free cash flow margin
- 7.7%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 19%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $1.11B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $85M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $51M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 9.4%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.
Software, Infrastructure
Ranks #36 of 80 by RyuScore