POET Technologies Inc. (POET)

Nasdaq: POET · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Toronto, Ontario, ON · filing with the SEC since 2008

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Grade4.2

◀ Past 3.4● Present 3.0▶ Future 6.5

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The grade of POET Technologies Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

4.2/10

◀ Past3.430% of the headline

● Present3.040% of the headline

▶ Future6.530% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.4/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed

7.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

POET Technologies Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed

1.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-5.9% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 0 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 13th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

POET Technologies Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2 million in fiscal 2016 to $1 million in fiscal 2025, down 5.9% a year; it rose in 4 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 99% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 0 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span-5.9%bottom 7% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 34% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 10% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak98.9%bottom 1% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate

1.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 1.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 12th 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 12% 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: POET Technologies Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 1.2 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 12% 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?

3.0/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

1.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -34%: lost 34¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 44%: owes 44¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 19th percentile among 95 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, POET Technologies Inc. lost about 34 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 44 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 54.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 38% of its family
return on equitybottom 12% of its family
the share count against the year beforebottom 8% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed

3.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 30% of 97 in its family; net margin -5857.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 30th percentile among 97 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

POET Technologies Inc.'s standing among 97 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 5% by size; a net margin of -5857.8% ranks in the bottom 4%; revenue growth of 24.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 18% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$1.1Mbottom 5% of its family
net margin-5857.8%bottom 4% of its family
three-year revenue growth24.8%top 18% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate

5.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.4/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 78 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 78 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read.
How it was reasoned: family median, 78 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: POET Technologies Inc.'s leadership is put at 5.4 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 78 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

5.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

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

weight 45% of this tense · 51st percentile among 94 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

POET Technologies Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $40 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 12.2% of its assets as net cash, top 48% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -3101.9% of revenue (bottom 4%); research spending of 1682.5% of revenue (top 4%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets12.2%top 48% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-3101.9%bottom 4% of its family
research spending against revenue1682.5%top 4% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed

7.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 23% of 93 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 77th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

POET Technologies Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 24.8% a year over the last three filed years against -5.9% over all 8, speeding up (top 5% of its family); the newest year grew 2500.4% (top 1%); research spending grew 18.9% a year (top 16%); capital spending grew -9.2% a year (bottom 30%) (its annual reports). POET Technologies 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

three-year growth against the whole span+30.7 points a yeartop 5% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth2500.4%top 1% of its family
three-year growth of research spending18.9%top 16% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-9.2%bottom 30% 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

7.4/10

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

top 26% of 88 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 74th percentile among 88 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

POET Technologies Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1 million in fiscal 2025 came in 9369.1% above the $11 thousand its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 1% of its family); net income of $63 million against a prior three-year average of $33 million (bottom 23%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (top 1%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace9369.1%top 1% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average-93%bottom 23% of its family
net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 1% 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 POET · research, not advice