Biglari Holdings Inc. (BH-A) Key Metrics

NYSE: BH-AValuation, returns, debt and efficiency ratios over 10 years.

BH-A valuation today

Trailing 12 months · as of October 17, 2026
Market cap
$1.34B
Enterprise value
$1.12B
P/E (TTM)
—
10-yr median 4.3
Forward P/E
—
PEG ratio
—
Price / sales
3.3
10-yr median 0.3
Price / book
2.0
10-yr median 0.2
EV / EBITDA
44.2
10-yr median 4.0
Dividend yield
—
Beta
0.51

BH-A key metrics, 2016–2025

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollars

BH-A returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.

Return on equity−6.2 pts
−6.8%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 20.2% (+23.7 pts)2017: 9.1% (−11.2 pts)2018: 3.4% (−5.7 pts)2019: 7.6% (+4.3 pts)2020: −6.4% (−14.1 pts)2021: 6.2% (+12.6 pts)2022: −5.6% (−11.8 pts)2023: 9.6% (+15.2 pts)2024: −0.6% (−10.2 pts)2025: −6.8% (−6.2 pts)
20162025
Return on invested capital−0.6 pts
2.5%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 3.1% (+0.4 pts)2017: 0.0% (−3.0 pts)2018: 5.1% (+5.1 pts)2019: 4.2% (−0.9 pts)2020: 6.9% (+2.7 pts)2021: 8.8% (+1.9 pts)2022: 11.4% (+2.6 pts)2023: 5.9% (−5.4 pts)2024: 3.1% (−2.8 pts)2025: 2.5% (−0.6 pts)
20162025
Return on assets−3.5 pts
−3.9%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 9.5% (+11.0 pts)2017: 4.6% (−4.8 pts)2018: 1.9% (−2.8 pts)2019: 4.2% (+2.3 pts)2020: −3.5% (−7.7 pts)2021: 3.7% (+7.2 pts)2022: −3.7% (−7.4 pts)2023: 6.5% (+10.2 pts)2024: −0.4% (−6.9 pts)2025: −3.9% (−3.5 pts)
20162025
Free cash flow margin+14.1 pts
19.4%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 6.0% (+1.2 pts)2017: 2.1% (−3.9 pts)2018: 0.4% (−1.8 pts)2019: 11.4% (+11.0 pts)2020: 22.3% (+11.0 pts)2021: 44.9% (+22.5 pts)2022: 26.6% (−18.2 pts)2023: 13.6% (−13.1 pts)2024: 5.3% (−8.3 pts)2025: 19.4% (+14.1 pts)
20162025
Asset turnover−1.7%
0.41
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 0.81 (−5.7%)2017: 0.78 (−3.9%)2018: 0.77 (−0.5%)2019: 0.62 (−20.3%)2020: 0.40 (−34.8%)2021: 0.38 (−4.8%)2022: 0.43 (+11.6%)2023: 0.43 (+1.3%)2024: 0.42 (−3.0%)2025: 0.41 (−1.7%)
20162025

BH-A valuation history

Fiscal year-endToday10-year median

BH-A returns on capital

ROEROICROA

Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.

BH-A debt vs cash

Total debtCash & short-term investments

Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.

BH-A price vs earnings per share

Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)

BH-A key metrics

2016–2025
Biglari Holdings Inc. key metrics by fiscal year
2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Valuation
Market capitalization——$246.4M—$143.8M$121.0M$124.1M$121.6M——
Enterprise value——$227.7M—$139.7M$246.5M$209.3M$225.1M——
P/E ratio——4.5—4.1—2.76.3——
Price / sales——0.7—0.40.30.20.2——
Price / book——0.4—0.20.20.20.2——
Price / free cash flow——5.0—0.91.21.642.2——
Price / operating cash flow——3.4—0.61.01.35.9——
EV / sales——0.6—0.40.60.30.3——
EV / EBITDA——2.1—2.14.16.04.0——
EV / free cash flow——4.6—0.92.52.878.1——
Earnings yield——22.3%—24.7%−31.4%36.6%16.0%——
Free cash flow yield——20.1%—114.2%80.0%61.2%2.4%——
Dividend yield———————0.0%——
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks)———————0.0%——
Share price at fiscal year-end$1,740.05$1,274.99$793.93$687.50$695.00$585.00$600.00$587.67——
Per share
Revenue per share——$1,177.32—$1,769.79$2,096.46$3,233.23$3,915.10——
Earnings per share——$177.08—$171.50−$183.64$219.37$93.74——
Operating cash flow per share——$235.27—$1,105.88$568.28$452.87$99.96——
Free cash flow per share——$159.84—$793.85$468.20$367.41$13.93——
Cash per share——$386.55—$606.24$577.02$544.45$398.41——
Book value per share——$1,931.48—$2,840.98$2,730.43$2,979.24$2,757.63——
Tangible book value per share——$1,684.10—$2,468.70$2,355.01$2,653.48$2,428.11——
Dividends per share———————$0.00——
Capex per share——$75.43—$312.04$100.08$85.46$86.03——
Debt per share——$326.28—$586.75$1,183.42$956.11$899.06——
Shares outstanding——310K—207K207K207K207K——
Change in shares outstanding————0.0%0.0%0.0%———
Returns & profitability
Return on equity (ROE)−6.8%−0.6%9.6%−5.6%6.2%−6.4%7.6%3.4%9.1%20.2%
Return on invested capital (ROIC)2.5%3.1%5.9%11.4%8.8%6.9%4.2%5.1%0.0%3.1%
Return on assets (ROA)−3.9%−0.4%6.5%−3.7%3.7%−3.5%4.2%1.9%4.6%9.5%
Return on tangible assets−3.9%−0.5%7.0%−4.3%4.3%−4.0%4.2%2.0%5.0%9.6%
Free cash flow margin19.4%5.3%13.6%26.6%44.9%22.3%11.4%0.4%2.1%6.0%
Income quality (OCF / net income)——1.33—6.45—2.061.070.510.64
Financial health
Total debt$358.6M$150.2M$101.2M$118.8M$121.4M$244.8M$197.8M$186.0M$263.7M$288.7M
Cash & short-term investments$337.8M$133.7M$119.9M$106.9M$125.4M$119.4M$112.6M$82.4M$81.9M$98.1M
Net debt$20.8M$16.5M−$18.7M$11.9M−$4.0M$125.4M$85.2M$103.6M$181.9M$190.6M
Debt / equity0.690.260.170.220.210.430.320.330.460.54
Debt / assets0.340.170.120.140.140.240.170.180.250.26
Net debt / EBITDA—0.44−0.170.14−0.062.072.431.856.343.49
Current ratio2.401.161.361.121.150.511.040.930.831.06
Quick ratio2.381.131.341.091.120.501.010.870.781.01
Interest coverage3.33.86.813.99.33.91.71.80.01.5
Working capital$218.7M$23.3M$40.4M$15.8M$21.2M−$140.7M$5.6M−$8.1M−$22.9M$7.8M
Invested capital$544.2M$589.5M$580.6M$558.9M$583.7M$690.3M$701.5M$674.0M$753.2M$722.5M
Tangible asset value$447.2M$497.6M$522.6M$479.0M$510.7M$487.2M$548.9M$502.3M$504.7M$465.9M
Net current asset value−$151.1M−$122.6M−$108.2M−$122.3M−$142.3M−$305.4M−$377.6M−$344.1M−$379.6M−$437.2M
Graham number——$2,774.11—$3,311.02—$3,834.72$2,411.73——
Graham net-net per share——−$392.01—−$765.81−$1,537.33−$1,894.08−$1,745.33——
Capital allocation
Dividends paid———————$0$0$0
Share buybacks (net)———————$0$0$0
Dividend payout ratio———————0.0%0.0%0.0%
Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow———————0.0%0.0%0.0%
Capex / revenue7.7%8.4%6.4%8.1%17.6%4.8%2.6%2.2%1.0%1.4%
Capex / operating cash flow28.4%61.6%32.1%23.3%28.2%17.6%18.9%86.1%31.2%19.0%
Capex / depreciation0.740.770.600.822.150.640.600.920.370.52
Stock-based compensation / revenue——3.3%———————
SG&A / revenue22.0%20.9%21.1%19.2%20.8%17.6%15.0%16.4%15.6%15.0%
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding22.423.925.828.723.817.210.27.06.56.9
Days of inventory on hand5.05.75.06.55.34.64.24.13.73.9
Days payables outstanding39.941.637.355.251.736.425.522.819.818.7
Cash conversion cycle (days)-12.6-12.0-6.5-20.0-22.5-14.6-11.1-11.7-9.6-8.0
Receivables turnover16.3115.2714.1612.7215.3521.2535.7851.7956.5053.28
Payables turnover9.148.779.796.627.0710.0314.3116.0218.4319.48
Inventory turnover73.4963.7572.8956.3068.3080.0887.4189.3597.9093.04
Asset turnover0.410.420.430.430.380.400.620.770.780.81
Average receivables$24.2M$23.7M$25.8M$28.9M$23.8M$20.4M$18.7M$15.6M$14.9M$16.0M
Average payables$31.4M$25.5M$25.4M$32.6M$31.6M$29.6M$37.3M$41.3M$37.3M$34.3M
Average inventory$3.9M$3.5M$3.4M$3.8M$3.3M$3.7M$6.1M$7.4M$7.0M$7.2M
Intangibles / total assets7.3%8.7%8.9%9.2%8.6%7.6%5.9%6.6%6.3%6.0%

Computed from BH-A's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed March 2, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.

BH-A valuation and financial ratios

Biglari Holdings earned a return on equity of −6.8% and a return on invested capital of 2.5% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $358.6 million of debt and $337.8 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $20.8 million.

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BH-A key metrics FAQ

What is Biglari Holdings's return on equity?

Biglari Holdings's return on equity (ROE) was −6.8% in fiscal 2025: net income of -$37.5 million on average shareholders' equity of $548.2 million.

What is Biglari Holdings's ROIC?

Biglari Holdings's return on invested capital was 2.5% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.

How much debt does Biglari Holdings have?

Biglari Holdings had total debt of $358.6 million at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69.

What is Biglari Holdings's current ratio?

Biglari Holdings's current ratio was 2.40 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 2.40 times current liabilities.

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