Lichen International Ltd
LICNAnalytical Summary
Lichen International Ltd faces fundamental challenges with weakness in Return on Common Equity (%). The fundamentals warrant careful consideration of downside risks.
7-Year Financial Trajectory
AnnualBullish Indicators
- No bullish signals detected.
Bearish Risks
- Return on Common Equity (%)Return on Common Equity (%) is in the bottom quartile
Health Breakdown
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| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 20-F ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 20-F ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 20-F ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 20-F ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 20-F ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 20-F ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 20-F ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth YoY (%) | — | N/M |
17.6%
Good
↑
Good
Improving
Year-over-year change in total revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+252%)
|
-1.4%
Weak
Weak
Year-over-year change in total revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-129%)
|
11.8%
Good
Good
Year-over-year change in total revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+137%)
|
— | — |
| EPS Growth YoY (%) |
88.2%
Excellent
↓
Excellent
Declining
Year-over-year change in earnings per share
Optimal:
> 10%
|
N/M |
18174.3%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Year-over-year change in earnings per share
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-7.9%
Weak
Weak
Year-over-year change in earnings per share
Optimal:
> 10%
|
35.7%
Excellent
Excellent
Year-over-year change in earnings per share
Optimal:
> 10%
|
— | — |
| Net Income Growth YoY (%) |
-257.7%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Year-over-year change in net income |
N/M |
6.7%
Fair
↓
Fair
Declining
Year-over-year change in net income |
-7.6%
Weak
Weak
Year-over-year change in net income |
32.1%
Excellent
Excellent
Year-over-year change in net income |
— | — |
| FCF Growth YoY (%) |
89.4%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Year-over-year change in free cash flow |
-57.0%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Year-over-year change in free cash flow |
N/M |
20.7%
Good
Good
Year-over-year change in free cash flow |
-12.5%
Weak
Weak
Year-over-year change in free cash flow |
— | — |
| Revenue CAGR 3Y (%) |
-71.2%
Weak
Weak
Compound annual revenue growth over 3 years |
— |
9.0%
Fair
Fair
Compound annual revenue growth over 3 years |
— | — | — | — |
| Revenue CAGR 5Y (%) |
-51.7%
Weak
Weak
Compound annual revenue growth over 5 years |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| EPS CAGR 3Y (%) | — | — |
511.3%
Excellent
Excellent
Compound annual EPS growth over 3 years |
— | — | — | — |
| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 20-F ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 20-F ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 20-F ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 20-F ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 20-F ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 20-F ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 20-F ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Margin (%) (%) | — | — |
30.8%
Excellent
→
Excellent
Stable
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+157%)
|
31.5%
Excellent
→
Excellent
Stable
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+162%)
|
32.9%
Excellent
Excellent
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+175%)
|
28.7%
Excellent
Excellent
Operating income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+139%)
|
— |
| Effective Tax Rate (%) (%) |
0.0%
Excellent
↓
Excellent
Declining
Actual taxes paid relative to pre-tax income
Optimal:
15-25%
|
-46.7%
Excellent
↓
Excellent
Declining
Actual taxes paid relative to pre-tax income
Optimal:
15-25%
|
28.0%
Caution
→
Caution
Stable
Actual taxes paid relative to pre-tax income
Optimal:
15-25%
|
27.2%
Caution
→
Caution
Stable
Actual taxes paid relative to pre-tax income
Optimal:
15-25%
|
26.5%
Caution
Caution
Actual taxes paid relative to pre-tax income
Optimal:
15-25%
|
28.8%
Caution
Caution
Actual taxes paid relative to pre-tax income
Optimal:
15-25%
|
— |
| Profit Margin (%) (%) | — | — |
21.0%
Excellent
↓
Excellent
Declining
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+162%)
|
23.1%
Excellent
→
Excellent
Stable
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+189%)
|
24.7%
Excellent
Excellent
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+208%)
|
20.9%
Excellent
Excellent
Net income as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+161%)
|
— |
| FCF Margin (%) (%) | — | — |
-6.7%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
26.1%
Excellent
↑
Excellent
Improving
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
21.3%
Excellent
Excellent
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
27.2%
Excellent
Excellent
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue
Optimal:
> 10%
|
— |
| FCF / Net Income (x) |
0.81x
Caution
↑
Caution
Improving
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
0.91x
Caution
↑
Caution
Improving
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
-0.32x
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
1.13x
Fair
→
Fair
Stable
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
0.86x
Caution
Caution
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
1.30x
Good
Good
Free cash flow relative to reported net income
Optimal:
> 1x
|
— |
| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 20-F ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 20-F ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 20-F ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 20-F ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 20-F ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 20-F ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 20-F ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on Invested Capital (%) |
-25.6%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-9.1%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
14.4%
Good
↓
Good
Declining
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
18.9%
Excellent
↓
Excellent
Declining
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
22.5%
Excellent
Excellent
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
22.6%
Excellent
Excellent
Return earned on debt + equity capital invested
Optimal:
> 10%
|
— |
| Return on Capital (%) (%) |
-23.9%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
-5.7%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
18.7%
Excellent
↓
Excellent
Declining
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
22.9%
Excellent
Excellent
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
26.3%
Excellent
Excellent
Operating profit relative to total assets
Optimal:
> 10%
|
— | — |
| Return on Common Equity (%) (%) |
-31.1%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-308%)
|
-8.4%
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-156%)
|
13.6%
Fair
↓
Fair
Declining
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Below avg (-9%)
|
19.0%
Good
↓
Good
Declining
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+27%)
|
23.0%
Excellent
Excellent
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+53%)
|
23.2%
Excellent
Excellent
Profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity
Optimal:
> 15%
vs Sector:
Above avg (+55%)
|
— |
| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 20-F ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 20-F ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 20-F ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 20-F ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 20-F ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 20-F ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 20-F ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt to Equity (x) | — | — | — |
0.03x
Excellent
Excellent
Total debt relative to shareholder equity
Optimal:
< 0.6x
vs Sector:
Below avg (-96%)
|
0.01x
Excellent
Excellent
Total debt relative to shareholder equity
Optimal:
< 0.6x
vs Sector:
Below avg (-99%)
|
— | — |
| Interest Coverage (x) |
-157.12x
Weak
↓
Weak
Declining
Operating income divided by interest expense
Optimal:
> 5x
|
-1.89x
Weak
Weak
Operating income divided by interest expense
Optimal:
> 5x
|
— |
10648.00x
Excellent
Excellent
Operating income divided by interest expense
Optimal:
> 5x
|
— | — | — |
| Net Debt (USD) | $-26.91M | $-26.71M | $-25.86M | $-21.54M | $-16.50M | — | — |
| Debt / EBITDA (x) | — | — | — |
0.09x
Excellent
Excellent
Debt relative to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
Optimal:
< 2x
|
0.03x
Excellent
Excellent
Debt relative to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
Optimal:
< 2x
|
— | — |
| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 20-F ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 20-F ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 20-F ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 20-F ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 20-F ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 20-F ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 20-F ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working Capital (USD) | $31.49M | $29.74M | $36.04M | $22.04M | $17.78M | — | — |
| Total Equity (USD) | $70.55M | $73.18M | $61.42M | $41.11M | $36.83M | $27.64M | $23.73M |
| Metric | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 20-F ↗ | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 20-F ↗ | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 20-F ↗ | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 20-F ↗ | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 20-F ↗ | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 20-F ↗ | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 20-F ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales/Revenue/Turnover (USD) | $809.00K | $0.00 | $39.76M | $33.80M | $34.30M | $30.67M | — |
| Depreciation Expense (USD) | $561.00K | $691.00K | $681.00K | $651.00K | $660.00K | $719.00K | — |
| Net Income, GAAP (USD) | $-21.96M | $-6.14M | $8.34M | $7.82M | $8.46M | $6.41M | — |
| Operating Cash Flow (USD) | $-17.85M | $-5.57M | $557.00K | $10.77M | $7.30M | $8.35M | — |
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Return on Common Equity (%) is in the bottom quartile
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