Company Analysis

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (IDXX)

Nasdaq: IDXX · In Vitro & In Vivo Diagnostic Substances · Westbrook, ME · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade7.5
◀ Past 8.8● Present 7.8▶ Future 5.7

The grade of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
7.5/10
◀ Past8.830% of the headline
● Present7.840% of the headline
▶ Future5.730% 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?

8.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 89th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

IDEXX Laboratories, 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
8.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+10.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 85th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.8 billion in fiscal 2016 to $4.3 billion in fiscal 2025, up 10.3% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span10.3%top 47% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 3% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 6% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 3% 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 1.4% a year. 70% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 53 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 94th percentile among 5 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 70% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 53 sales 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

  • the share count over the yearstop 3% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 10% 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?

7.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 66%: 66¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 52%: owes 52¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 77th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. earned about 66 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. Leverage: it owed about 52 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 31% of its family
  • return on equitytop 3% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 12% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 8% 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 17% of 17 in its family; net margin 24.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.'s standing among 17 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $4.3 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 3% by size; a net margin of 24.6% ranks in the top 9%; revenue growth of 8.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 41% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$4.30Btop 3% of its family
  • net margin24.6%top 9% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth8.5%top 41% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
7.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 27% of 15 in its family for leadership.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: no one files under a chief executive's title, so that part is not read; the 20 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.5 years (top 11%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 20 people in charge now (top 43%; 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 charge11 in three years among 20 peopletop 43% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.5 yearstop 11% 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?

5.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 47% of 16 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 16 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $180 million against debt of $450 million leaves -8.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 31% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 24.6% of revenue (top 9%); a gross margin of 61.8% (top 29%); research spending of 5.8% of revenue (bottom 22%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-8.1%bottom 31% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue24.6%top 9% of its family
  • gross margin61.8%top 29% of its family
  • research spending against revenue5.8%bottom 22% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 38% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 8.5% a year over the last three filed years against 10.3% over all 10, slowing (top 50% of its family); the newest year grew 10.4% (top 21%); research spending grew -0.5% a year (top 50%); capital spending grew -5.7% a year (top 30%) (its annual reports). IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $2.5 billion (59%), Service at $1.8 billion (41%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.8 points a yeartop 50% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth10.4%top 21% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-0.5%top 50% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-5.7%top 30% 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
5.6/10

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

top 44% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 56th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $4.3 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 2.6% above the $4.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 43% of its family); net income of $1.1 billion against a prior three-year average of $804 million (top 28%); a net margin of 24.6% against 22% before (bottom 41%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace2.6%top 43% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+32%top 28% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.6 pointsbottom 41% 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 IDXX · research, not advice