All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-02-28.
From the record
Rambus Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2021-03-16); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2024-02-28) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+8.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 5 of 10.
From the record
Rambus Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $337 million in fiscal 2016 to $708 million in fiscal 2025, up 8.6% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 42% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 5 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 0.1% a year. 28% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 34 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Rambus Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 28% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 34 sales (22 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-05 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 17%: 17¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 11%: owes 11¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Rambus Inc. earned about 17 cents of profit 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 11 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.2% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 29% of 97 in its family; net margin 32.6%.
From the record
Rambus Inc.'s standing among 97 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $708 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 47% by size; a net margin of 32.6% ranks in the top 10%; revenue growth of 15.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 25% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 32% of 67 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.
From the record
Rambus Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Seraphin, Luc (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-07-05, 8.4 years (top 31% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.4 years (top 48%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (top 17%; 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 21% of 94 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Rambus Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $183 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 12% of its assets as net cash, top 49% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 47.1% of revenue (top 2%); a gross margin of 79.6% (top 4%); research spending of 26.5% of revenue (top 31%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 33% of 93 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Rambus Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 15.9% a year over the last three filed years against 8.6% over all 10, speeding up (top 14% of its family); the newest year grew 27.1% (top 31%); research spending grew 5.7% a year (top 49%); capital spending grew 15.4% a year (top 40%) (its annual reports). Rambus Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product Revenue at $348 million (49%), Royalty at $279 million (40%), Contractandother Revenue at $80 million (11%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 45% of 88 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Rambus Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $708 million in fiscal 2025 came in 14.9% above the $616 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 48% of its family); net income of $230 million against a prior three-year average of $166 million (top 32%); a net margin of 32.6% against 33.9% before (bottom 49%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
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