Financial profile · Q2 FY2026

Diversified growth platform with expanding margins and internally funded cash generation

Garmin's multi-year history shows a diversified product portfolio that has expanded revenue while maintaining operating margins in the mid-20% range. It generally converts earnings into operating cash, carries no reported debt, and has funded dividends, repurchases, acquisitions, and rising capital spending from internal liquidity.

What is developing

The latest comparable results reinforce that model while showing a meaningful profitability step-up: second-quarter revenue rose 11% year over year and operating margin reached 30.4%, helped by favorable mix and tariff refunds. Cash generation remained positive, but higher investment spending is becoming more visible in the cash profile.

What matters next

Whether margins and free cash flow remain resilient after the tariff benefit rolls off while Thailand-related capital spending continues.

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Metric FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
3B 3.1B 3.3B 3.8B 4.2B 5B 4.9B 5.2B 6.3B 7.2B
(1.4B) (1.3B) (1.4B) (1.5B) (1.7B) (2.1B) (2.1B) (2.2B) (2.6B) (3B)
1.7B 1.8B 2B 2.2B 2.5B 2.9B 2.8B 3B 3.7B 4.3B
(1.1B) (1.1B) (1.2B) (1.3B) (1.4B) (1.7B) (1.8B) (1.9B) (2.1B) (2.4B)
(587.7m) (602.7m) (633.6m) (683m) (721.4m) (831.8m) (944m) (1B) (1.1B) (1.3B)
R&D
(468m) (511.6m) (567.8m) (605.4m) (705.7m) (840m) (834.9m) (904.7m) (993.6m) (1.1B)
632.9m 683.6m 778.3m 945.6m 1.1B 1.2B 1B 1.1B 1.6B 1.9B
1.8m 14.3m 39.5m 36m 39.8m (16.7m) 29.6m 103.7m 92.9m 136.7m
4m (900k) 5.4m 5.6m 9.3m 4.9m 7.6m 4.5m 8.5m 1.7m
638.6m 697.1m 823.2m 987.2m 1.1B 1.2B 1.1B 1.2B 1.7B 2B
(120.9m) 11.9m (129.2m) (34.7m) (111.1m) (124.6m) (91.4m) 89.3m (284m) (350.6m)
517.7m 709m 694.1m 952.5m 992.3m 1.1B 973.6m 1.3B 1.4B 1.7B
517.7m 709m 694.1m 952.5m 992.3m 1.1B 973.6m 1.3B 1.4B 1.7B
2.73 3.76 3.66 4.99 5.17 5.61 5.04 6.71 7.30 8.59