Company Analysis

Calix, Inc. (CALX)

NYSE: CALX · Communications Services, NEC · San Jose, CA · filing with the SEC since 2007
Grade6.9
◀ Past 8.0● Present 7.2▶ Future 6.0

The grade of Calix, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.9/10
◀ Past8.025% of the headline
● Present7.235% of the headline
▶ Future6.040% 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?

8.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 88th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Calix, 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
7.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+13.1% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 5 of 6.

weight 45% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Calix, Inc.'s 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $541 million in fiscal 2020 to $1.0 billion in fiscal 2025, up 13.1% a year; it rose in 4 of 5 years; the deepest fall was 20% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 5 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span13.1%top 32% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 29% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 3% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak20.0%top 44% 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 grew 0.2% a year. 73% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 8 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 86th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Calix, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 73% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 8 sales (7 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 14% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 15% 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?

7.2/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 2%: 2¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 19%: owes 19¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Calix, Inc. earned about 2 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 54 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 19 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 5.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 8% of its family
  • return on equitytop 28% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 17% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 42% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
7.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 29% of 19 in its family; net margin 1.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 71st percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Calix, Inc.'s standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.0 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 15% by size; a net margin of 1.8% ranks in the top 18%; revenue growth of 4.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 45% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.00Btop 15% of its family
  • net margin1.8%top 18% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth4.8%bottom 45% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
7.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 28% of 12 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Calix, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Weening, Michael (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-11-01, 4 years (top 37% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.2 years (top 21%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 27%; 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 charge3 in three years among 12 peopletop 27% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed9.2 yearstop 21% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.0 yearstop 37% 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?

6.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 19% of 18 in its family for room to expand.

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

From the record

Calix, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $143 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 13.5% of its assets as net cash, top 29% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 11.6% of revenue (top 19%); a gross margin of 56.8% (top 6%); research spending of 19% of revenue (top 23%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets13.5%top 29% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue11.6%top 19% of its family
  • gross margin56.8%top 6% of its family
  • research spending against revenue19.0%top 23% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 47% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Calix, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 4.8% a year over the last three filed years against 13.1% over all 6, slowing (bottom 26% of its family); the newest year grew 20.3% (top 32%); research spending grew 13% a year (top 25%); capital spending grew 11.4% a year (bottom 44%) (its annual reports). Calix, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Appliance at $826 million (83%), Software and Service at $174 million (17%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-8.2 points a yearbottom 26% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth20.3%top 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending13.0%top 25% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending11.4%bottom 44% 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
5.6/10

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

top 44% of 17 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Calix, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.0 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 22.9% above the $814 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 32% of its family); net income of $18 million against a prior three-year average of $14 million (top 50%); a net margin of 1.8% against 1.3% before (top 50%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace22.9%top 32% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+32%top 50% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.5 pointstop 50% 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 CALX · research, not advice