Company Analysis

Franklin Wireless Corp. (FKWL)

Nasdaq: FKWL · Telephone & Telegraph Apparatus · San Diego, CA · filing with the SEC since 1997
Grade3.9
◀ Past 4.5● Present 3.9▶ Future 3.2
2 est.

The grade of Franklin Wireless Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.9/10
◀ Past4.530% of the headline
● Present3.940% of the headline
▶ Future3.230% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.5/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
5.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-10-25.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Franklin Wireless Corp.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2023-10-25) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
3.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-3.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 3 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 37th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Franklin Wireless Corp.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $49 million in fiscal 2017 to $37 million in fiscal 2026, down 3.1% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 87% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2022; net income was positive in 3 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-3.1%bottom 39% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 45% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 40% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak87.0%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
4.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 4.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 45th 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 45% 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: Franklin Wireless Corp.'s shareholder treatment is put at 4.5 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 45% 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?

3.9/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
4.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -16%: lost 16¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 37%: owes 37¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 41st percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-06-30, Franklin Wireless Corp. lost about 16 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 13 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 37 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 15% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 19% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 17% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 45% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
2.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 24% of 9 in its family; net margin -13%.

weight 33% of this tense · 24th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Franklin Wireless Corp.'s standing among 9 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $37 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 17% by size; a net margin of -13% ranks in the bottom 17%; revenue growth of -7.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 39% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$36.5Mbottom 17% of its family
  • net margin-13.0%bottom 17% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-7.4%bottom 39% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate
5.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.4/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
No officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 8 members with one.
What the record cannot read
No officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read.
How it was reasoned
family median, 8 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Franklin Wireless Corp.'s leadership is put at 5.4 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 8 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.2/1030% 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 8 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 39th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Franklin Wireless Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $13 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 28.9% of its assets as net cash, top 5% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -17.3% of revenue (bottom 6%); a gross margin of 17.1% (bottom 19%); research spending of 8.9% of revenue (bottom 36%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets28.9%top 5% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-17.3%bottom 6% of its family
  • gross margin17.1%bottom 19% of its family
  • research spending against revenue8.9%bottom 36% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 30% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 30th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Franklin Wireless Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -7.4% a year over the last three filed years against -3.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 39% of its family); the newest year grew -20.8% (bottom 17%); research spending grew -6.2% a year (bottom 39%); capital spending grew -15.1% a year (bottom 25%) (its annual reports). Franklin Wireless Corp. 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-4.3 points a yearbottom 39% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-20.8%bottom 17% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-6.2%bottom 39% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-15.1%bottom 25% 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
2.3/10

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

bottom 23% of 9 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Franklin Wireless Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $37 million in fiscal 2026 came in 20.9% below the $46 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 17% of its family); net income of $5 million against a prior three-year average of $2 million (bottom 25%); a net margin of -13% against -6.5% before (bottom 28%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-20.9%bottom 17% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-101%bottom 25% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-6.4 pointsbottom 28% 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 FKWL · research, not advice