CERTCertara, Inc.
Is the business good?
Margins compressing. That is the only one of 4 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.
Operating margin has narrowed over the past few years, profitability per dollar of sales is eroding.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is CERT?
Certara, Inc. earns −0.05% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 9.0 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- −0.16%
Operating margin · Health Information Services median 2.8% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Share count, year on year
- −4.6%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
- R&D as % of revenue
- 11%
R&D as % of revenue
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | −10% |
| FY2021 | 4.8% |
| FY2022 | 9.7% |
| FY2023 | −12% |
| FY2024 | −0.45% |
| FY2025 | 5.0% |
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- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 62%
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- −0.16%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- −17%
- Free cash flow margin
- 20%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 11%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $408M
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $80M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- −$68M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- −0.05%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.
Customers and suppliers
Who buys from CERT and who it buys from, as the companies report it.
- Ten largest customers24%
Combined share of revenue · FY2025 10-K
None disclosed.
A company has to disclose every customer behind 10% or more of its revenue. Each share comes from the latest annual report of the company that states it and shows on both companies’ pages; CERT’s own figures are from its FY2025 10-K. Smaller customers and suppliers go unreported.
Health Information Services
Ranks #9 of 18 by RyuScore