Company Analysis

Azenta, Inc. (AZTA)

Nasdaq: AZTA · Special Industry Machinery, NEC · Burlington, MA · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade4.4
◀ Past 5.1● Present 4.2▶ Future 4.0

The grade of Azenta, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.4/10
◀ Past5.130% of the headline
● Present4.240% of the headline
▶ Future4.030% 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?

5.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
4.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-12-02.

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

From the record

Azenta, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 3 times, the latest 2025-12-02) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
3.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+1.5% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 6 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Azenta, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $527 million in fiscal 2017 to $594 million in fiscal 2025, up 1.5% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 47% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 6 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span1.5%bottom 19% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 50% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak47.1%bottom 19% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 15.1% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 2 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 94th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-09-30, Azenta, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 15.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-23, buying about $172 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 4% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 9% 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?

4.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -3%: lost 3¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 16%: owes 16¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, Azenta, Inc. lost about 3 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 13 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 16 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 13.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 19% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 27% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 12% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 4% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 41% of 13 in its family; net margin -9.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 41st percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Azenta, Inc.'s standing among 13 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $594 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 46% by size; a net margin of -9.4% ranks in the bottom 19%; revenue growth of 2.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 50% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$594Mtop 46% of its family
  • net margin-9.4%bottom 19% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.2%top 50% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
1.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 18% of 12 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 18th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Azenta, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Madaus, Martin D (Interim CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-09-16, 2 months (bottom 13% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2.1 years (bottom 13%); 13 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 29%; 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 charge13 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 29% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed2.1 yearsbottom 13% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2 monthsbottom 13% 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?

4.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 35% of 13 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 35th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Azenta, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $280 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 13.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 35% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 6.5% of revenue (bottom 35%); a gross margin of 45.5% (top 42%); research spending of 5.1% of revenue (bottom 13%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets13.6%bottom 35% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue6.5%bottom 35% of its family
  • gross margin45.5%top 42% of its family
  • research spending against revenue5.1%bottom 13% 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 45% of 13 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Azenta, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.2% a year over the last three filed years against 1.5% over all 9, speeding up (top 19% of its family); the newest year grew 3.6% (top 42%); research spending grew 3.3% a year (bottom 35%); capital spending grew -22.7% a year (bottom 46%) (its annual reports). Azenta, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Multiomics at $269 million (45%), Core Products at $198 million (33%), Sample Repository Solutions at $127 million (21%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.8 points a yeartop 19% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth3.6%top 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending3.3%bottom 35% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-22.7%bottom 46% 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
2.7/10

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

bottom 27% of 13 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 27th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Azenta, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $594 million in fiscal 2025 came in 1.9% above the $583 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 35% of its family); net income of $56 million against a prior three-year average of $651 million (bottom 12%); a net margin of -9.4% against more than its whole revenue before (bottom 4%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1.9%top 35% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-109%bottom 12% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averagedown more than 100 pointsbottom 4% 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 AZTA · research, not advice