All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2021-11-23.
From the record
Garmin Ltd's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2021-11-23) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+11.1% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.
From the record
Garmin Ltd's 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $3.1 billion in fiscal 2017 to $7.2 billion in fiscal 2025, up 11.1% a year; it rose in 7 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 2% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2022; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 0.1% a year. 40% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 44 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-27, Garmin Ltd's diluted share count grew about 0.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 40% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 44 sales (22 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 19%: 19¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 18%: owes 18¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-27, Garmin Ltd earned about 19 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 39 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 18 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.2% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 21% of 9 in its family; net margin 23%.
From the record
Garmin Ltd's standing among 9 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $7.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 28% by size; a net margin of 23% ranks in the top 6%; revenue growth of 14.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 28% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 20% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2013.
From the record
Garmin Ltd's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Pemble, Clifton A (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2013-08-01, 13.3 years (top 7% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.8 years (top 36%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (top 17%; 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 27% of 8 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Garmin Ltd's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $2.3 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 20.7% of its assets as net cash, top 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 18.8% of revenue (top 19%); a gross margin of 58.7% (top 30%); research spending of 15.5% of revenue (top 21%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 32% of 9 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Garmin Ltd's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 14.3% a year over the last three filed years against 11.1% over all 9, speeding up (top 19% of its family); the newest year grew 15.1% (top 17%); research spending grew 10.5% a year (top 21%); capital spending grew 3.5% a year (bottom 28%) (its annual reports). Garmin Ltd reported 5 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Fitness at $2.4 billion (33%), Outdoor at $2.1 billion (28%), Marine at $1.2 billion (16%), and 2 more; 5 of 5 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 29% of 8 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Garmin Ltd's newest year against its own record: revenue of $7.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 1% above the $7.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 50% of its family); net income of $1.7 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.2 billion (top 19%); a net margin of 23% against 22.4% before (top 19%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
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