Company Analysis

Data I/O Corporation (DAIO)

Nasdaq: DAIO · Instruments For Meas & Testing of Electricity & Elec Signals · Redmond, WA · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade2.9
◀ Past 1.3● Present 2.6▶ Future 4.7
1 est.

The grade of Data I/O Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
2.9/10
◀ Past1.330% of the headline
● Present2.640% of the headline
▶ Future4.730% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

1.3/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
0.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

6 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-07-13.

weight 33% of this tense · 5th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Data I/O Corporation's filings since 2017 show 6 warning events of 3 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2026-07-13); a material cybersecurity incident (8-K item 1.05, 2 times, the latest 2025-09-10); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 3 times, the latest 2026-04-08) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
1.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-0.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 4 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 14th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Data I/O Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $23 million in fiscal 2016 to $22 million in fiscal 2025, down 0.9% a year; it rose in 3 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 40% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 4 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-0.9%bottom 5% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 5% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 20% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak40.3%bottom 25% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
2.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 2.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 25th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 25% of 10 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 10 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Data I/O Corporation's shareholder treatment is put at 2.5 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 25% of 10 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

2.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -39%: lost 39¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 33%: owes 33¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 47th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Data I/O Corporation lost about 39 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 53 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 33 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 2.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 25% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 5% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 6% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 15% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
1.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 12% of 10 in its family; net margin -24.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 12th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Data I/O Corporation's standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $22 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 5% by size; a net margin of -24.4% ranks in the bottom 5%; revenue growth of -3.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 25% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$21.5Mbottom 5% of its family
  • net margin-24.4%bottom 5% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-3.9%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
0.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 5% of 9 in its family for leadership.

weight 22% of this tense · 5th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Data I/O Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: no one files under a chief executive's title, so that part is not read; the 6 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2.6 years (bottom 6%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 6 people in charge now (bottom 5%; 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 charge10 in three years among 6 peoplebottom 5% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed2.6 yearsbottom 6% 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?

4.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 36% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Data I/O Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $8 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 39.2% of its assets as net cash, top 15% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -13% of revenue (bottom 5%); a gross margin of 49.3% (top 28%); research spending of 30.4% of revenue (top 6%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets39.2%top 15% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-13.0%bottom 5% of its family
  • gross margin49.3%top 28% of its family
  • research spending against revenue30.4%top 6% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 33% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Data I/O Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -3.9% a year over the last three filed years against -0.9% over all 10, slowing (top 45% of its family); the newest year grew -1.2% (bottom 45%); research spending grew 2.4% a year (bottom 19%); capital spending grew -19.8% a year (bottom 15%) (its annual reports). Data I/O Corporation reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Platform Sales at $9 million (42%), Adapter Sales at $8 million (37%), Software and Maintenance Sales at $5 million (21%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-2.9 points a yeartop 45% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-1.2%bottom 45% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending2.4%bottom 19% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-19.8%bottom 15% 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
3.2/10

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

bottom 32% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Data I/O Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $22 million in fiscal 2025 came in 4.2% above the $21 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 35% of its family); net income of $5 million against a prior three-year average of $1 million (bottom 15%); a net margin of -24.4% against -5.7% before (bottom 15%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace4.2%top 35% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-322%bottom 15% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-18.7 pointsbottom 15% 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 DAIO · research, not advice