Company Analysis

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (ARW)

NYSE: ARW · Wholesale-Electronic Parts & Equipment, NEC · Centennial, CO · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.2
◀ Past 6.7● Present 4.6▶ Future 4.8

The grade of Arrow Electronics, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.2/10
◀ Past6.725% of the headline
● Present4.645% of the headline
▶ Future4.830% 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?

6.7/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 78th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Arrow Electronics, Inc.'s filings since 2017 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
3.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+3.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 39th percentile among 50 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Arrow Electronics, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $23 billion in fiscal 2016 to $31 billion in fiscal 2025, up 3.1% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 25% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span3.1%bottom 31% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 31% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 44% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak24.8%bottom 37% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 7.2% a year. 63% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 15 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 86th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Arrow Electronics, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 7.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 63% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 15 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-23, buying about $601 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 1% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 27% 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?

4.6/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 9%: 9¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 77%: owes 77¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 50 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Arrow Electronics, Inc. earned about 9 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 12 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 77 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 19% of its family
  • return on equitytop 50% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 19% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 17% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 43% of 51 in its family; net margin 1.9%.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Arrow Electronics, Inc.'s standing among 51 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $31 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 1% by size; a net margin of 1.9% ranks in the bottom 48%; revenue growth of -6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 25% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$30.85Btop 1% of its family
  • net margin1.9%bottom 48% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-6.0%bottom 25% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
2.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 29% of 35 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 29th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Arrow Electronics, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Austen, William F. (Interim President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-10-02, 1.1 years (bottom 22% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.7 years (bottom 24%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 42%; 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 charge9 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 42% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.7 yearsbottom 24% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.1 yearsbottom 22% 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?

4.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 31% of 49 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 31st percentile among 49 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Arrow Electronics, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $306 million against debt of $3.1 billion leaves -9.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 41% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -0.1% of revenue (bottom 38%); a gross margin of 11.2% (bottom 14%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-9.6%bottom 41% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-0.1%bottom 38% of its family
  • gross margin11.2%bottom 14% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 46% of 50 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 50 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Arrow Electronics, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -6% a year over the last three filed years against 3.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 33% of its family); the newest year grew 10.5% (top 25%); capital spending grew 8.7% a year (top 45%) (its annual reports). Arrow Electronics, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Global Components at $22 billion, Global Ecs at $9.4 billion. 2 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 70% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-9.1 points a yearbottom 33% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth10.5%top 25% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending8.7%top 45% 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
5.9/10

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

top 41% of 44 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 59th percentile among 44 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Arrow Electronics, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $31 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 27.4% above the $24 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 17% of its family); net income of $571 million against a prior three-year average of $907 million (bottom 38%); a net margin of 1.9% against 2.7% before (top 44%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace27.4%top 17% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-37%bottom 38% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.8 pointstop 44% 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 ARW · research, not advice