Company Analysis

Aviat Networks, Inc. (AVNW)

Nasdaq: AVNW · Radio & Tv Broadcasting & Communications Equipment · Austin, TX · filing with the SEC since 2006
Grade5.0
◀ Past 5.7● Present 5.5▶ Future 3.7

The grade of Aviat Networks, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.0/10
◀ Past5.730% of the headline
● Present5.540% of the headline
▶ Future3.730% 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?

5.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
4.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-09-19.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Aviat Networks, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-09-19); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2024-09-11) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
7.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+8.8% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 8 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 76th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Aviat Networks, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $244 million in fiscal 2019 to $440 million in fiscal 2026, up 8.8% a year; it rose in 6 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 2% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 8 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span8.8%top 34% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 31% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 5% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak2.1%top 26% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 3.2% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 7 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-07-03, Aviat Networks, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 3.2% 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 7 sales (1 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 50% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 21% 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?

5.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 1%: 1¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 55%: owes 55¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-07-03, Aviat Networks, Inc. earned about 1 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 23 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 55 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 45% of its family
  • return on equitytop 37% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 45% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 40% 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 21 in its family; net margin 0.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Aviat Networks, Inc.'s standing among 21 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $440 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 29% by size; a net margin of 0.6% ranks in the top 40%; revenue growth of 8.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 42% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$440Mtop 29% of its family
  • net margin0.6%top 40% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth8.5%top 42% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 40% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 40th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Aviat Networks, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Smith, Pete A (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-01-02, 6.9 years (top 42% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.7 years (bottom 35%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (bottom 28%; 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 charge11 in three years among 13 peoplebottom 28% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.7 yearsbottom 35% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.9 yearstop 42% 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?

3.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 27% of 21 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 27th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Aviat Networks, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $73 million against debt of $89 million leaves -2.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 21% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 1.4% of revenue (bottom 40%); a gross margin of 31.5% (bottom 18%); research spending of 6.5% of revenue (bottom 26%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-2.7%bottom 21% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue1.4%bottom 40% of its family
  • gross margin31.5%bottom 18% of its family
  • research spending against revenue6.5%bottom 26% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 38% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Aviat Networks, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 8.5% a year over the last three filed years against 8.8% over all 8, slowing (top 39% of its family); the newest year grew 1.1% (bottom 31%); research spending grew 4.5% a year (top 26%); capital spending grew 11.8% a year (top 18%) (its annual reports). Aviat Networks, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2026: Product at $314 million (72%), Service at $125 million (28%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-0.3 points a yeartop 39% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth1.1%bottom 31% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending4.5%top 26% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending11.8%top 18% 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
2.3/10

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

bottom 23% of 19 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Aviat Networks, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $440 million in fiscal 2026 came in 10% below the $488 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 24% of its family); net income of $3 million against a prior three-year average of $7 million (bottom 28%); a net margin of 0.6% against 2% before (bottom 18%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-10.0%bottom 24% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-66%bottom 28% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-1.4 pointsbottom 18% 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 AVNW · research, not advice