Ideal Power Inc. (IPWR)

Nasdaq: IPWR · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Austin, TX · filing with the SEC since 2010

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Grade2.5

◀ Past 1.5● Present 2.3▶ Future 3.9

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The grade of Ideal Power Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

2.5/10

◀ Past1.530% of the headline

● Present2.340% of the headline

▶ Future3.930% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

1.5/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed

2.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

7 warning events since 2017; the latest 2022-04-14.

weight 33% of this tense · 25th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ideal Power Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 7 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 5 times, the latest 2022-04-14); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2021-07-07); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2020-03-31) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed

0.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

8 filed years; profitable in 0 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 6th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ideal Power Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: it rose in 1 of 5 years; the deepest fall was 93% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 0 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

the share of years revenue rosebottom 3% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 10% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak93.5%bottom 5% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate

2.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 2.1/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 21st percentile among 94 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 21% of 94 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 94 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: Ideal Power Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 2.1 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 21% of 94 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?

2.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed

2.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -134%: lost 134¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 22%: owes 22¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 27th percentile among 95 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Ideal Power Inc. lost about 134 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned less than nothing, about minus 0 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 22 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 11.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 27% of its family
return on equitybottom 4% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 6% of its family
the share count against the year beforebottom 25% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed

0.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 3% of 97 in its family; net margin -28038.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 3rd percentile among 97 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ideal Power Inc.'s standing among 97 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $38 thousand in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 1% by size; a net margin of -28038.6% ranks in the bottom 2%; revenue growth of -43% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 6% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$37,728bottom 1% of its family
net margin-28038.6%bottom 2% of its family
three-year revenue growth-43.0%bottom 6% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed

4.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 47% of 67 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 67 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Ideal Power Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Somo, David M (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-11-05, 1 years (bottom 13% of its family); the 6 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.6 years (top 45%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 6 people in charge now (top 27%; 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 charge2 in three years among 6 peopletop 27% of its family
the median years the people in charge have filed6.6 yearstop 45% of its family
the chief executive's years on the record1.0 yearsbottom 13% 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?

3.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

4.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 49% of 94 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 94 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ideal Power Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $6 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 61% of its assets as net cash, top 6% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -24530.7% of revenue (bottom 1%); a gross margin of -60.1% (bottom 4%); research spending of 16028.4% of revenue (top 2%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets61.0%top 6% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-24530.7%bottom 1% of its family
gross margin-60.1%bottom 4% of its family
research spending against revenue16028.4%top 2% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed

3.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 38% of 93 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 38th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ideal Power Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: the newest year grew -56.2% (bottom 2%); research spending grew 21.6% a year (top 15%); capital spending grew -13.2% a year (bottom 27%) (its annual reports). Ideal Power Inc. 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

the newest year's revenue growth-56.2%bottom 2% of its family
three-year growth of research spending21.6%top 15% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-13.2%bottom 27% 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

1.8/10

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

bottom 18% of 88 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 18th percentile among 88 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Ideal Power Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $38 thousand in fiscal 2025 came in 32.6% below the $56 thousand its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 4% of its family); net income of $11 million against a prior three-year average of $9 million (bottom 48%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (bottom 2%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace-32.6%bottom 4% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average-15%bottom 48% of its family
net margin against its prior averagedown more than 100 pointsbottom 2% 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 IPWR · research, not advice