Company Analysis

Acorn Energy, Inc. (ACFN)

Nasdaq: ACFN · Services-Engineering Services · Wilmington, DE · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.8
◀ Past 5.0● Present 6.6▶ Future 6.0

The grade of Acorn Energy, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.8/10
◀ Past5.040% of the headline
● Present6.635% of the headline
▶ Future6.025% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-04-09.

weight 33% of this tense · 28th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Acorn Energy, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-04-09) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+12.9% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 4 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Acorn Energy, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $4 million in fiscal 2017 to $11 million in fiscal 2025, up 12.9% a year; it rose in 8 of 8 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 4 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span12.9%top 28% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 11% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 17% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.2% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Acorn Energy, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 31% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.6/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 30%: 30¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 38%: owes 38¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Acorn Energy, Inc. earned about 30 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 66 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 38 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 17% of its family
  • return on equitytop 17% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 7% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 37% of 9 in its family; net margin 21.9%.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Acorn Energy, Inc.'s standing among 9 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $11 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 21% by size; a net margin of 21.9% ranks in the top 6%; revenue growth of 17.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 28% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$11.5Mbottom 21% of its family
  • net margin21.9%top 6% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth17.9%top 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 48% of 6 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2016.

weight 22% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Acorn Energy, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Loeb, Jan H (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2016-03-18, 10.7 years (top 8% of its family); the 6 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.4 years (bottom 42%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 6 people in charge now (bottom 21%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge5 in three years among 6 peoplebottom 21% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.4 yearsbottom 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10.7 yearstop 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 11% of 9 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 89th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Acorn Energy, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $4 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 33.4% of its assets as net cash, top 6% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 18.2% of revenue (top 6%); a gross margin of 76.8% (top 7%); research spending of 9.5% of revenue (top 25%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets33.4%top 6% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue18.2%top 6% of its family
  • gross margin76.8%top 7% of its family
  • research spending against revenue9.5%top 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 46% of 9 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Acorn Energy, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 17.9% a year over the last three filed years against 12.9% over all 9, speeding up (top 39% of its family); the newest year grew 4.5% (bottom 28%); research spending grew 9% a year (top 25%); capital spending grew -71.8% a year (bottom 19%) (its annual reports). Acorn Energy, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: PG at $11 million (94%), CP at $737 thousand (6%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+5.0 points a yeartop 39% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth4.5%bottom 28% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending9.0%top 25% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-71.8%bottom 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 44% of 8 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Acorn Energy, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $11 million in fiscal 2025 came in 16.6% below the $14 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 6% of its family); net income of $3 million against a prior three-year average of $2 million (bottom 44%); a net margin of 21.9% against 16.6% before (top 19%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-16.6%bottom 6% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+30%bottom 44% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+5.3 pointstop 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton ACFN · research, not advice