Company Analysis

Immersion Corporation (IMMR)

Nasdaq: IMMR · Computer Peripheral Equipment, NEC · Aventura, FL · filing with the SEC since 1999
Grade5.3
◀ Past 4.5● Present 6.6▶ Future 4.2

The grade of Immersion Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.3/10
◀ Past4.530% of the headline
● Present6.640% of the headline
▶ Future4.230% 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?

4.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

17 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-03-27.

weight 33% of this tense · 8th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Immersion Corporation's filings since 2017 show 17 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 5 times, the latest 2026-03-27); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2025-09-09); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 4 times, the latest 2024-07-17); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 7 times, the latest 2026-03-18) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+44.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 7 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 51st percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Immersion Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $57 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.7 billion in fiscal 2026, up 44.2% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 73% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 7 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span44.2%top 9% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 36% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 36% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak72.6%bottom 14% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.3% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 4 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 89th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-04-30, Immersion Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 0.3% 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 1 sale and 4 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-02, buying about $293 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 18% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 4% 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?

6.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 2%: 2¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 72%: owes 72¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-04-30, Immersion Corporation earned about 2 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 72 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 24% of its family
  • return on equitytop 31% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 24% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
8.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 20% of 19 in its family; net margin 0.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Immersion Corporation's standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.7 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 24% by size; a net margin of 0.3% ranks in the top 34%; revenue growth of 213.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 3% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.73Btop 24% of its family
  • net margin0.3%top 34% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth213.7%top 3% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
6.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 35% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 65th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Immersion Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Singer, Eric (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-01-03, 3.9 years (top 29% of its family); the 6 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.7 years (bottom 29%); 1 officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 6 people in charge now (top 4%; 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 charge1 in three years among 6 peopletop 4% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.7 yearsbottom 29% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.9 yearstop 29% 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?

4.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 42% of 19 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Immersion Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $138 million against debt of $71 million leaves 6.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2.5% of revenue (bottom 45%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets6.4%bottom 39% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue2.5%bottom 45% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 37% of 18 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Immersion Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 213.7% a year over the last three filed years against 44.2% over all 10, speeding up (top 3% of its family); the newest year grew 11.2% (top 47%); research spending grew -61.8% a year (bottom 3%); capital spending grew 561.8% a year (top 3%) (its annual reports). Immersion Corporation reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2026: Barnes and Noble Education at $1.7 billion (99%), Immersion at $16 million (1%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+169.6 points a yeartop 3% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth11.2%top 47% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-61.8%bottom 3% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending561.8%top 3% 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
1.0/10

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

bottom 10% of 18 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 10th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Immersion Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.7 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 77.3% below the $7.6 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 3% of its family); net income of $5 million against a prior three-year average of $43 million (bottom 19%); a net margin of 0.3% against 61.3% before (bottom 8%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-77.3%bottom 3% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-90%bottom 19% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-61.1 pointsbottom 8% 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 IMMR · research, not advice