Company Analysis

Penumbra, Inc. (PEN)

NYSE: PEN · Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus · Alameda, CA · filing with the SEC since 2005
Grade7.0
◀ Past 6.6● Present 8.0▶ Future 6.0

The grade of Penumbra, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
7.0/10
◀ Past6.630% of the headline
● Present8.040% of the headline
▶ Future6.030% 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?

6.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2024-03-21.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 121 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Penumbra, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2024-03-21) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
7.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+20.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 78th percentile among 105 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Penumbra, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $263 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025, up 20.4% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span20.4%top 39% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 15% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 19% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 16% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.3% a year. 20% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 32 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 58th percentile among 40 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Penumbra, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 20% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 32 sales (32 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-16 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 28% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 45% 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?

8.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
8.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 22%: owes 22¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 80th percentile among 120 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Penumbra, Inc. earned about 12 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 52 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 0.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 20% of its family
  • return on equitytop 13% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 29% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 19% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
7.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 24% of 109 in its family; net margin 12.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 109 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Penumbra, Inc.'s standing among 109 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 16% by size; a net margin of 12.7% ranks in the top 15%; revenue growth of 18.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 41% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.40Btop 16% of its family
  • net margin12.7%top 15% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth18.3%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
8.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 14% of 91 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2015.

weight 22% of this tense · 86th percentile among 91 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Penumbra, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Elsesser, Adam (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2015-09-17, 11.2 years (top 17% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.2 years (top 17%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (top 9%; 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 11 peopletop 9% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.2 yearstop 17% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record11.2 yearstop 17% 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?

6.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 45% of 104 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 104 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Penumbra, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $187 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 10.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 49% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 12.5% of revenue (top 20%); a gross margin of 67.1% (top 38%); research spending of 6.4% of revenue (bottom 29%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets10.2%bottom 49% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue12.5%top 20% of its family
  • gross margin67.1%top 38% of its family
  • research spending against revenue6.4%bottom 29% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 40% of 105 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 60th percentile among 105 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Penumbra, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 18.3% a year over the last three filed years against 20.4% over all 10, slowing (bottom 41% of its family); the newest year grew 17.5% (top 36%); research spending grew 4.2% a year (bottom 47%); capital spending grew 48.9% a year (top 11%) (its annual reports). Penumbra, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Thrombectomy at $948 million (68%), Embolization at $456 million (33%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-2.1 points a yearbottom 41% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth17.5%top 36% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending4.2%bottom 47% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending48.9%top 11% 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
6.9/10

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

top 31% of 88 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 69th percentile among 88 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Penumbra, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 1% below the $1.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 44% of its family); net income of $178 million against a prior three-year average of $34 million (top 3%); a net margin of 12.7% against 3.2% before (top 47%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-1.0%top 44% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+418%top 3% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+9.5 pointstop 47% 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 PEN · research, not advice