Company Analysis

InterDigital, Inc. (IDCC)

Nasdaq: IDCC · Patent Owners & Lessors · Wilmington, DE · filing with the SEC since 2007
Grade6.7
◀ Past 6.8● Present 6.5▶ Future 6.7

The grade of InterDigital, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.7/10
◀ Past6.830% of the headline
● Present6.540% of the headline
▶ Future6.730% 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?

6.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
9.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 91st percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

InterDigital, 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
6.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.8% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 68th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

InterDigital, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $533 million in fiscal 2017 to $834 million in fiscal 2025, up 5.8% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 42% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2018; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.8%top 45% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 20% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 10% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak42.3%bottom 45% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 4.2% a year. 63% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 96 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, InterDigital, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 4.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 63% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 96 sales (96 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-06 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 32% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 25% 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?

6.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 37%: 37¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 47%: owes 47¢ per asset dollar.

weight 22% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, InterDigital, Inc. earned about 37 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 47 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 16.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 50% of its family
  • return on equitytop 6% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 14% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
7.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 21% of 11 in its family; net margin 48.8%.

weight 45% of this tense · 79th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

InterDigital, Inc.'s standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $834 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 14% by size; a net margin of 48.8% ranks in the top 5%; revenue growth of 22.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 45% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$834Mtop 14% of its family
  • net margin48.8%top 5% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth22.1%top 45% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
5.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 44% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

InterDigital, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Chen, Lawrence Liren (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-04-15, 5.6 years (top 50% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.6 years (bottom 39%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 22%; 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 charge3 in three years among 12 peopletop 22% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.6 yearsbottom 39% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.6 yearstop 50% 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?

6.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 15% of 11 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 85th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

InterDigital, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $739 million against debt of $16 million leaves 35% of its assets as net cash, top 25% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 63.4% of revenue (top 5%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets35.0%top 25% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue63.4%top 5% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 33% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 22% of this tense · 67th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

InterDigital, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 22.1% a year over the last three filed years against 5.8% over all 9, speeding up (top 25% of its family); the newest year grew -4% (bottom 25%); research spending grew 35.2% a year (top 10%); capital spending grew 71.4% a year (top 21%) (its annual reports). InterDigital, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Revenue Smartphone at $679 million (81%), Revenue CE Auto Io T at $155 million (19%), Revenue Other at $529 thousand (0%); 1 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+16.4 points a yeartop 25% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-4.0%bottom 25% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending35.2%top 10% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending71.4%top 21% 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
4.2/10

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

bottom 42% of 9 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

InterDigital, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $834 million in fiscal 2025 came in 30.3% below the $1.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 15% of its family); net income of $407 million against a prior three-year average of $222 million (top 28%); a net margin of 48.8% against 33.6% before (bottom 39%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-30.3%bottom 15% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+83%top 28% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+15.2 pointsbottom 39% 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 IDCC · research, not advice