Company Analysis

Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (RELL)

Nasdaq: RELL · Wholesale-Electronic Parts & Equipment, NEC · Lafox, IL · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.8
◀ Past 6.2● Present 5.6▶ Future 5.8

The grade of Richardson Electronics, Ltd.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.8/10
◀ Past6.225% of the headline
● Present5.645% of the headline
▶ Future5.830% 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?

6.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 78th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Richardson Electronics, Ltd.'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
4.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 50 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Richardson Electronics, Ltd.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $137 million in fiscal 2017 to $229 million in fiscal 2026, up 5.9% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 25% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 6 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.9%top 47% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 37% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 27% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak25.2%bottom 33% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.4% a year. 57% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 25 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 57th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-05-30, Richardson Electronics, Ltd.'s diluted share count grew about 0.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 57% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 25 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 45% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 31% 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?

5.6/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 4%: 4¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 19%: owes 19¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 50 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-05-30, Richardson Electronics, Ltd. earned about 4 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 35 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 19 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 5% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 39% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 34% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 27% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
3.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 38% of 51 in its family; net margin 2.8%.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Richardson Electronics, Ltd.'s standing among 51 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $229 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 28% by size; a net margin of 2.8% ranks in the top 44%; revenue growth of -4.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 30% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$229Mbottom 28% of its family
  • net margin2.8%top 44% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-4.5%bottom 30% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
9.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 7% of 35 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2008.

weight 22% of this tense · 93rd percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Richardson Electronics, Ltd.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Richardson, Edward J (Chairman & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2008-12-09, 17.9 years (top 10% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 13.1 years (top 7%); no officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (top 3%; 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 charge0 in three years among 11 peopletop 3% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed13.1 yearstop 7% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record17.9 yearstop 10% 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?

5.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 37% of 49 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 49 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Richardson Electronics, Ltd.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $32 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 15.7% of its assets as net cash, top 11% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -1.6% of revenue (bottom 30%); a gross margin of 31.2% (top 30%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets15.7%top 11% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-1.6%bottom 30% of its family
  • gross margin31.2%top 30% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
4.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 41% of 50 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 41st percentile among 50 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Richardson Electronics, Ltd.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -4.5% a year over the last three filed years against 5.9% over all 10, slowing (bottom 29% of its family); the newest year grew 9.4% (top 29%); capital spending grew -15.9% a year (bottom 23%) (its annual reports). Richardson Electronics, Ltd. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Power and Microwave Technologies Group at $138 million, Canvys at $33 million, Global Energy Solutions at $29 million, and 1 more. 3 of 4 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 66% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-10.4 points a yearbottom 29% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth9.4%top 29% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-15.9%bottom 23% 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
7.2/10

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

top 28% of 44 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 44 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Richardson Electronics, Ltd.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $229 million in fiscal 2026 came in 22.6% above the $186 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 22% of its family); net income of $6 million against a prior three-year average of $7 million (top 37%); a net margin of 2.8% against 2.7% before (top 26%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace22.6%top 22% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-10%top 37% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.1 pointstop 26% 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

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