Company Analysis

QT Imaging Holdings, Inc. (QTI)

Nasdaq: QTI · Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus · Novato, CA · filing with the SEC since 2021
Grade4.5
◀ Past 4.0● Present 4.2▶ Future 5.6
2 est.

The grade of QT Imaging Holdings, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.5/10
◀ Past4.030% of the headline
● Present4.240% of the headline
▶ Future5.630% 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?

4.0/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
0.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

9 warning events since 2021; the latest 2025-10-20.

weight 33% of this tense · 2nd percentile among 27 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

QT Imaging Holdings, Inc.'s filings since 2021 show 9 warning events of 2 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2024-09-13); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 8 times, the latest 2025-10-20) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
7.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2061% a year over 3 filed years; profitable in 0 of 3.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

QT Imaging Holdings, Inc.'s 3 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $40 thousand in fiscal 2023 to $19 million in fiscal 2025, up 2061% a year; it rose in 2 of 2 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 0 of 3 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2061.0%top 2% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 14% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 29% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 14% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
2.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 2.4/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 24th percentile among 27 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 24% of 27 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 27 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: QT Imaging Holdings, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 2.4 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 24% of 27 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?

4.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
2.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -327%: lost 327¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 72%: owes 72¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 28th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, QT Imaging Holdings, Inc. lost about 327 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 37 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 72 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 57.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 13% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 10% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 41% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 31% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 44% of 24 in its family; net margin -111.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 24 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

QT Imaging Holdings, Inc.'s standing among 24 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $19 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 35% by size; a net margin of -111.4% ranks in the bottom 35%; revenue growth of 2061% a year over the last 2 filed years ranks in the top 2% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$18.9Mbottom 35% of its family
  • net margin-111.4%bottom 35% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2061.0%top 2% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 47% of 19 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

QT Imaging Holdings, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Dinu, Raluca (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-09-23, 5.1 years (top 25% of its family); most of the 10 officers and directors filing now have filed since the record of its people begins (2024-03-04), a floor of 2.7 years the record cannot see past, so that part is not read; 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (bottom 18%; 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 charge10 in three years among 10 peoplebottom 18% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.1 yearstop 25% 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?

5.6/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Room to expand

as filed
3.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 36% of 23 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 36th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

QT Imaging Holdings, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $10 million against debt of $10 million leaves 1.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 25% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -48% of revenue (bottom 28%); a gross margin of 45.4% (bottom 24%); research spending of 20.8% of revenue (top 34%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets1.3%bottom 25% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-48.0%bottom 28% of its family
  • gross margin45.4%bottom 24% of its family
  • research spending against revenue20.8%top 34% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
8.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 15% of 25 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 85th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

QT Imaging Holdings, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2061% a year over the last three filed years against 2061% over all 3, speeding up (top 46% of its family); the newest year grew 288.2% (top 2%); research spending grew 62.7% a year (top 6%); capital spending grew 208.1% a year (top 6%) (its annual reports). QT Imaging Holdings, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $19 million (99%), Service at $175 thousand (1%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 46% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth288.2%top 2% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending62.7%top 6% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending208.1%top 6% of its family

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

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
5.4/10

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

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

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 20 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
How it was reasoned
family median, 20 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: QT Imaging Holdings, Inc.'s expectations vs reality is put at 5.4 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 20 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

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 QTI · research, not advice