Company Analysis

Adeia Inc. (ADEA)

Nasdaq: ADEA · Cable & Other Pay Television Services · San Jose, CA · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade5.8
◀ Past 4.3● Present 5.7▶ Future 6.7

The grade of Adeia Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.8/10
◀ Past4.325% of the headline
● Present5.735% of the headline
▶ Future6.740% 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?

4.3/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 81st percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Adeia Inc.'s filings since 2020 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
2.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+1.3% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 4 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Adeia Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $406 million in fiscal 2018 to $443 million in fiscal 2025, up 1.3% a year; it rose in 3 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 31% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 4 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span1.3%bottom 28% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 3% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 28% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak31.0%bottom 34% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.6% a year. 20% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Adeia Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 20% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-21 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 34% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 43% 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?

5.7/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 23%: 23¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 54%: owes 54¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Adeia Inc. earned about 23 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 54 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 31% of its family
  • return on equitytop 16% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 28% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 40% of 18 in its family; net margin 25.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Adeia Inc.'s standing among 18 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $443 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 9% by size; a net margin of 25.1% ranks in the top 25%; revenue growth of 0.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 36% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$443Mbottom 9% of its family
  • net margin25.1%top 25% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth0.3%bottom 36% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 44% of 14 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 44th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Adeia Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Vachani, Dipti (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-10-14, under a month (bottom 4% of its family); most of the 12 officers and directors filing now have filed since the record of its people begins (2022-10-03), a floor of 4.1 years the record cannot see past, so that part is not read; 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 16%; 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 charge4 in three years among 12 peopletop 16% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1 monthsbottom 4% 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?

6.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 47% of 16 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 16 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Adeia Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $73 million against debt of $418 million leaves -33.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 36% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 35.2% of revenue (top 3%); research spending of 15.2% of revenue (bottom 25%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-33.2%bottom 36% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue35.2%top 3% of its family
  • research spending against revenue15.2%bottom 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
5.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 41% of 16 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Adeia Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 0.3% a year over the last three filed years against 1.3% over all 8, slowing (top 28% of its family); the newest year grew 17.9% (top 3%); research spending grew 14.8% a year (top 42%); capital spending grew -47.6% a year (bottom 10%) (its annual reports). Adeia Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Media Platform at $418 million (94%), Semiconductor at $26 million (6%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-0.9 points a yeartop 28% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth17.9%top 3% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending14.8%top 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-47.6%bottom 10% 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
8.8/10

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

top 11% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 89th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Adeia Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $443 million in fiscal 2025 came in 27.4% above the $348 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 9% of its family); net income of $111 million against a prior three-year average of $55 million (top 16%); a net margin of 25.1% against -11% before (top 9%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace27.4%top 9% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+303%top 16% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+36.0 pointstop 9% 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 ADEA · research, not advice