Company Analysis

Onto Innovation Inc. (ONTO)

NYSE: ONTO · Measuring & Controlling Devices, NEC · Wilmington, MA · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.5
◀ Past 5.9● Present 5.5▶ Future 5.0

The grade of Onto Innovation Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.5/10
◀ Past5.930% of the headline
● Present5.540% of the headline
▶ Future5.030% 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?

5.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2020-01-22.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Onto Innovation Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2019-10-28); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2020-01-22) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
7.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+18.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Onto Innovation Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $255 million in fiscal 2017 to $1.0 billion in fiscal 2026, up 18.7% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 19% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span18.7%top 5% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 36% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 18% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak18.8%bottom 41% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.3% a year. 14% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 2 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-03, Onto Innovation Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 14% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 2 sales (2 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-01 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 41% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 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?

5.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 7%: 7¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 11%: owes 11¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 60th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-03, Onto Innovation Inc. earned about 7 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 21 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 11 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 14% of its family
  • return on equitytop 45% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 39% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 41% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 36% of 11 in its family; net margin 13.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Onto Innovation Inc.'s standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.0 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 32% by size; a net margin of 13.6% ranks in the top 32%; revenue growth of 0% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 45% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.01Btop 32% of its family
  • net margin13.6%top 32% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth0.0%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
3.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 34% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019.

weight 22% of this tense · 34th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Onto Innovation Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Plisinski, Michael P (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2019-10-29, 7 years (top 35% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.7 years (bottom 15%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (bottom 23%; 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 charge8 in three years among 12 peoplebottom 23% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.7 yearsbottom 15% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record7.0 yearstop 35% 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?

5.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 40% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 60th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Onto Innovation Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $346 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 14.6% of its assets as net cash, top 50% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 29.8% of revenue (top 5%); a gross margin of 49.7% (top 50%); research spending of 13.1% of revenue (bottom 45%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets14.6%top 50% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue29.8%top 5% of its family
  • gross margin49.7%top 50% of its family
  • research spending against revenue13.1%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
5.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 50% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Onto Innovation Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 0% a year over the last three filed years against 18.7% over all 10, slowing (bottom 5% of its family); the newest year grew 1.8% (top 50%); research spending grew 5.6% a year (top 23%); capital spending grew 15.7% a year (top 32%) (its annual reports). Onto Innovation Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Systems and Software Revenue at $848 million (84%), Parts Revenue at $84 million (8%), Service Revenue at $73 million (7%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-18.7 points a yearbottom 5% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth1.8%top 50% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending5.6%top 23% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending15.7%top 32% 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
3.0/10

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

bottom 30% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 30th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Onto Innovation Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.0 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 2.7% above the $978 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 39% of its family); net income of $137 million against a prior three-year average of $182 million (bottom 35%); a net margin of 13.6% against 19.2% before (bottom 15%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace2.7%bottom 39% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-25%bottom 35% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-5.6 pointsbottom 15% 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 ONTO · research, not advice