Company Analysis

LivaNova PLC (LIVN)

Nasdaq: LIVN · Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus · London, GB · filing with the SEC since 2015
Grade5.3
◀ Past 4.7● Present 5.8▶ Future 5.3

The grade of LivaNova PLC

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.3/10
◀ Past4.730% of the headline
● Present5.840% of the headline
▶ Future5.330% 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?

4.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2019-03-04.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

LivaNova PLC's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2018-03-26); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2019-03-04) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 2 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 40th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

LivaNova PLC's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $965 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025, up 4.1% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 16% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 2 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span4.1%bottom 24% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 28% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 31% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak15.6%bottom 38% 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 0.7% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 7 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, LivaNova PLC's diluted share count grew about 0.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 7 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 13% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 19% 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?

5.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -20%: lost 20¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 54%: owes 54¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, LivaNova PLC lost about 20 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 36 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 54 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count was unchanged over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 31% of its family
  • return on equitytop 38% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 46% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 17% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 35% of 24 in its family; net margin -17.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 24 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

LivaNova PLC's standing among 24 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 10% by size; a net margin of -17.5% ranks in the top 44%; revenue growth of 10.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 50% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.39Btop 10% of its family
  • net margin-17.5%top 44% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth10.7%top 50% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 48% of 19 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 48th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

LivaNova PLC's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Makatsaria, Vladimir (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-03-04, 2.7 years (top 47% of its family); the 19 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2.7 years (bottom 26%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 19 people in charge now (top 34%; 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 charge7 in three years among 19 peopletop 34% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed2.7 yearsbottom 26% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.7 yearstop 47% 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?

5.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 41% of 23 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

LivaNova PLC's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $636 million against debt of $345 million leaves 11.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 37% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 12.5% of revenue (top 15%); a gross margin of 67.7% (top 33%); research spending of 13.4% of revenue (bottom 48%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets11.1%bottom 37% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue12.5%top 15% of its family
  • gross margin67.7%top 33% of its family
  • research spending against revenue13.4%bottom 48% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 35% of 25 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

LivaNova PLC's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 10.7% a year over the last three filed years against 4.1% over all 10, speeding up (top 7% of its family); the newest year grew 10.7% (bottom 46%); research spending grew 6% a year (top 46%); capital spending grew 45.1% a year (top 31%) (its annual reports). LivaNova PLC reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Cardiopulmonary at $785 million, Neuromodulation at $593 million. 2 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 57% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+6.6 points a yeartop 7% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth10.7%bottom 46% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending6.0%top 46% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending45.1%top 31% 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
2.2/10

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

bottom 22% of 20 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 22nd percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

LivaNova PLC's newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0% below the $1.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 45% of its family); net income of $242 million against a prior three-year average of $2 million (bottom 5%); a net margin of -17.5% against -0.6% before (bottom 18%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.0%bottom 45% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times below its prior average or morebottom 5% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-16.8 pointsbottom 18% 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 LIVN · research, not advice