Company Analysis

Exelixis, Inc. (EXEL)

Nasdaq: EXEL · Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) · Alameda, CA · filing with the SEC since 2000
Grade7.5
◀ Past 8.6● Present 8.5▶ Future 5.1

The grade of Exelixis, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
7.5/10
◀ Past8.630% of the headline
● Present8.540% of the headline
▶ Future5.130% 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?

8.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 159 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Exelixis, 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
8.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+31.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 87th percentile among 102 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Exelixis, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $191 million in fiscal 2016 to $2.3 billion in fiscal 2026, up 31.9% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span31.9%top 30% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 8% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 5% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 9% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 4.6% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 32 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 94th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-02, Exelixis, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 4.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 32 sales (7 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $1 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 4% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 7% 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?

8.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
8.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 36%: 36¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 24%: owes 24¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 89th percentile among 147 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-02, Exelixis, Inc. earned about 36 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 79 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 24 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 32% of its family
  • return on equitytop 4% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 7% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 1% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
8.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 18% of 102 in its family; net margin 33.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 102 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Exelixis, Inc.'s standing among 102 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.3 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 4% by size; a net margin of 33.7% ranks in the top 5%; revenue growth of 12.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 43% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.32Btop 4% of its family
  • net margin33.7%top 5% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth12.9%top 43% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
7.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 21% of 110 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2010.

weight 22% of this tense · 79th percentile among 110 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Exelixis, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Morrissey, Michael (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2010-08-17, 16.2 years (top 1% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.6 years (top 5%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (bottom 45%; 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 charge8 in three years among 15 peoplebottom 45% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.6 yearstop 5% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record16.2 yearstop 1% 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?

5.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 43% of 92 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 92 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Exelixis, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $482 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 17% of its assets as net cash, bottom 29% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 37.7% of revenue (top 6%); a gross margin of 96.4% (top 22%); research spending of 35.6% of revenue (bottom 27%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets17.0%bottom 29% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue37.7%top 6% of its family
  • gross margin96.4%top 22% of its family
  • research spending against revenue35.6%bottom 27% 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 100 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 100 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Exelixis, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 12.9% a year over the last three filed years against 31.9% over all 10, slowing (bottom 29% of its family); the newest year grew 7% (bottom 44%); research spending grew -2.6% a year (bottom 38%); capital spending grew -32.7% a year (bottom 49%) (its annual reports). Exelixis, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Cabometyx at $2.1 billion (91%), Collaboration at $197 million (9%), Cometriq at $9 million (0%); 1 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-19.0 points a yearbottom 29% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth7.0%bottom 44% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-2.6%bottom 38% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-32.7%bottom 49% 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 72 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 57th percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Exelixis, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.3 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 7.7% below the $2.5 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 32% of its family); net income of $783 million against a prior three-year average of $304 million (top 10%); a net margin of 33.7% against 15.6% before (bottom 48%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-7.7%bottom 32% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+158%top 10% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+18.2 pointsbottom 48% 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

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