Company Analysis

8x8 Inc (EGHT)

Nasdaq: EGHT · Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation · Campbell, CA · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade4.1
◀ Past 3.3● Present 4.4▶ Future 4.5

The grade of 8x8 Inc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.1/10
◀ Past3.330% of the headline
● Present4.440% of the headline
▶ Future4.530% 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?

3.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

4 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-06-23.

weight 33% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 77 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

8x8 Inc's filings since 2017 show 4 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2022-11-01); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-06-05); a material cybersecurity incident (8-K item 1.05, the latest 2026-06-23) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+12.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 1 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

8x8 Inc's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $253 million in fiscal 2017 to $736 million in fiscal 2026, up 12.6% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 4% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 1 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span12.6%top 50% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 45% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 28% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak3.9%top 49% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
2.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 7.1% a year. 1% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 8 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 28th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-03-31, 8x8 Inc's diluted share count grew about 7.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 1% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 8 sales (6 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 yearsbottom 28% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 27% 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?

4.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 1%: 1¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 78%: owes 78¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 69 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-03-31, 8x8 Inc earned about 1 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 72 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 78 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 9.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 22% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 38% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 21% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 30% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 43% of 68 in its family; net margin 0.2%.

weight 45% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 68 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

8x8 Inc's standing among 68 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $736 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 42% by size; a net margin of 0.2% ranks in the bottom 42%; revenue growth of -0.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 28% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$736Mtop 42% of its family
  • net margin0.2%bottom 42% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-0.4%bottom 28% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
5.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 49% of 38 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 38 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

8x8 Inc's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Wilson, Samuel C. (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-12-19, 3.9 years (bottom 49% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.7 years (bottom 44%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (top 41%; 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 charge5 in three years among 13 peopletop 41% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.7 yearsbottom 44% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.9 yearsbottom 49% 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?

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

Room to expand

as filed
3.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 39% of 68 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 39th percentile among 68 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

8x8 Inc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $93 million against debt of $282 million leaves -28.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 9% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7.1% of revenue (bottom 49%); a gross margin of 64.6% (bottom 49%); research spending of 15.4% of revenue (bottom 49%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-28.5%bottom 9% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue7.1%bottom 49% of its family
  • gross margin64.6%bottom 49% of its family
  • research spending against revenue15.4%bottom 49% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 39% of 64 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 39th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

8x8 Inc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -0.4% a year over the last three filed years against 12.6% over all 10, slowing (bottom 27% of its family); the newest year grew 2.9% (bottom 31%); research spending grew -7.4% a year (bottom 32%); capital spending grew 7.1% a year (top 34%) (its annual reports). 8x8 Inc reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2026: Subscription Revenue at $572 million (78%), Platform Usage Revenue at $143 million (20%), Other Revenue at $20 million (3%); 1 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-12.9 points a yearbottom 27% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth2.9%bottom 31% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-7.4%bottom 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending7.1%top 34% 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
5.7/10

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

top 43% of 54 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 54 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

8x8 Inc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $736 million in fiscal 2026 came in 4.9% above the $701 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 42% of its family); net income of $2 million against a prior three-year average of $56 million (top 40%); a net margin of 0.2% against -7.6% before (top 47%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace4.9%top 42% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+103%top 40% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+7.9 pointstop 47% 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 EGHT · research, not advice