Company Analysis

Diodes Incorporated (DIOD)

Nasdaq: DIOD · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Plano, TX · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade4.7
◀ Past 4.5● Present 5.1▶ Future 4.3

The grade of Diodes Incorporated

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.7/10
◀ Past4.530% of the headline
● Present5.140% of the headline
▶ Future4.330% 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?

4.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-03-11.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Diodes Incorporated's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2026-03-11) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Diodes Incorporated's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $942 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025, up 5.2% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 34% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.2%bottom 38% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 47% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 30% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak34.5%bottom 40% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.3% a year. 5% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 29 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 67 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Diodes Incorporated's diluted share count grew about 0.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 5% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 29 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 37% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 38% 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?

5.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 3%: 3¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 21%: owes 21¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 60th percentile among 95 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Diodes Incorporated earned about 3 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 19 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 21 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count was unchanged over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 26% of its family
  • return on equitytop 49% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 47% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 36% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 49% of 97 in its family; net margin 4.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 49th percentile among 97 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Diodes Incorporated's standing among 97 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 32% by size; a net margin of 4.5% ranks in the top 45%; revenue growth of -9.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 22% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.48Btop 32% of its family
  • net margin4.5%top 45% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-9.5%bottom 22% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
3.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 33% of 67 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 67 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Diodes Incorporated's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Yu, Gary (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-05-15, 1.5 years (bottom 22% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.1 years (bottom 46%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (bottom 31%; 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 14 peoplebottom 31% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.1 yearsbottom 46% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.5 yearsbottom 22% 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?

4.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 45% of 94 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 94 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Diodes Incorporated's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $367 million against debt of $26 million leaves 14% of its assets as net cash, top 45% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 9.3% of revenue (top 40%); a gross margin of 31.2% (bottom 34%); research spending of 10.9% of revenue (bottom 30%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets14.0%top 45% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue9.3%top 40% of its family
  • gross margin31.2%bottom 34% of its family
  • research spending against revenue10.9%bottom 30% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
4.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 40% of 93 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Diodes Incorporated's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -9.5% a year over the last three filed years against 5.2% over all 10, slowing (bottom 24% of its family); the newest year grew 13% (top 47%); research spending grew 8.7% a year (top 35%); capital spending grew -28.2% a year (bottom 16%) (its annual reports). Diodes Incorporated tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-14.7 points a yearbottom 24% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth13.0%top 47% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending8.7%top 35% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-28.2%bottom 16% 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
4.4/10

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

bottom 44% of 88 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 44th percentile among 88 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Diodes Incorporated's newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 39.6% above the $1.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 30% of its family); net income of $66 million against a prior three-year average of $201 million (bottom 28%); a net margin of 4.5% against 11.2% before (bottom 34%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace39.6%top 30% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-67%bottom 28% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-6.7 pointsbottom 34% 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 DIOD · research, not advice