Company Analysis

Personalis, Inc. (PSNL)

Nasdaq: PSNL · Services-Medical Laboratories · Fremont, CA · filing with the SEC since 2011
Grade3.5
◀ Past 3.7● Present 3.6▶ Future 3.1
1 est.

The grade of Personalis, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.5/10
◀ Past3.730% of the headline
● Present3.640% of the headline
▶ Future3.130% 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?

3.7/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
4.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2023-06-09.

weight 33% of this tense · 48th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Personalis, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2023-06-09) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
3.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+28.5% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 0 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 23 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Personalis, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $9 million in fiscal 2017 to $70 million in fiscal 2025, up 28.5% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 24% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2022; net income was positive in 0 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span28.5%top 50% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 30% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 24% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak23.9%bottom 28% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
3.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 3.0/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 30th percentile among 24 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 30% of 24 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 24 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: Personalis, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 3.0 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 30% of 24 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?

3.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -31%: lost 31¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 22%: owes 22¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 38th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Personalis, Inc. lost about 31 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 5 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 22 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 50.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 29% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 31% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 28% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 20% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
2.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 27% of 24 in its family; net margin -116.7%.

weight 45% of this tense · 27th percentile among 24 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Personalis, Inc.'s standing among 24 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $70 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 37% by size; a net margin of -116.7% ranks in the bottom 19%; revenue growth of 2.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 24% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$69.6Mbottom 37% of its family
  • net margin-116.7%bottom 19% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.3%bottom 24% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
5.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 47% of 17 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Personalis, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Hall, Christopher M (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-03-17, 3.7 years (bottom 32% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.2 years (bottom 43%); 1 officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (top 16%; 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 charge1 in three years among 10 peopletop 16% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.2 yearsbottom 43% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.7 yearsbottom 32% 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?

3.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 47% of 24 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 24 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Personalis, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $124 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 37.2% of its assets as net cash, top 21% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -114.1% of revenue (bottom 23%); a gross margin of 22.7% (bottom 34%); research spending of 72.2% of revenue (top 25%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets37.2%top 21% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-114.1%bottom 23% of its family
  • gross margin22.7%bottom 34% of its family
  • research spending against revenue72.2%top 25% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
1.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 16% of 23 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 16th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Personalis, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.3% a year over the last three filed years against 28.5% over all 9, slowing (bottom 15% of its family); the newest year grew -17.7% (bottom 11%); research spending grew -8.2% a year (bottom 19%); capital spending grew -55.1% a year (bottom 17%) (its annual reports). Personalis, 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-26.2 points a yearbottom 15% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-17.7%bottom 11% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-8.2%bottom 19% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-55.1%bottom 17% 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
3.8/10

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

bottom 38% of 20 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 38th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Personalis, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $70 million in fiscal 2025 came in 27.8% below the $96 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 13% of its family); net income of $81 million against a prior three-year average of $101 million (bottom 48%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (top 47%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-27.8%bottom 13% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+20%bottom 48% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+22.5 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 PSNL · research, not advice