All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2017-12-07.
From the record
Benchmark Electronics' filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2017-12-07) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+1.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.
From the record
Benchmark Electronics' 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.3 billion in fiscal 2016 to $2.7 billion in fiscal 2025, up 1.5% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 20% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 0.5% a year. 21% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 19 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Benchmark Electronics' diluted share count grew about 0.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 21% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 19 sales (13 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-15 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 2%: 2¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 47%: owes 47¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Benchmark Electronics earned about 2 cents of profit 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 47 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.2% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 29% of 12 in its family; net margin 0.9%.
From the record
Benchmark Electronics' standing among 12 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.7 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 46% by size; a net margin of 0.9% ranks in the bottom 21%; revenue growth of -2.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 21% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 33% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.
From the record
Benchmark Electronics' leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Moezidis, David (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-04-02, 7 months (bottom 17% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.6 years (top 50%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 32%; 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 46% of 12 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Benchmark Electronics' room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $322 million against debt of $207 million leaves 5.6% of its assets as net cash, top 37% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 3.3% of revenue (bottom 46%); a gross margin of 10.2% (top 46%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 26% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Benchmark Electronics' growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -2.7% a year over the last three filed years against 1.5% over all 10, slowing (bottom 32% of its family); the newest year grew 0.1% (bottom 14%); capital spending grew -6.3% a year (bottom 32%) (its annual reports). Benchmark Electronics reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Americas at $1.2 billion, Asia at $1.2 billion, Europe at $353 million. 2 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 45% of revenue (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 18% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Benchmark Electronics' newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.7 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4.4% above the $2.5 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 25% of its family); net income of $25 million against a prior three-year average of $66 million (bottom 15%); a net margin of 0.9% against 2.4% before (bottom 15%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
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