Company Analysis

SkyWater Technology, Inc. (SKYT)

SKYT · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Bloomington, MN · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade5.2
◀ Past 4.1● Present 5.6▶ Future 6.0

The grade of SkyWater Technology, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.2/10
◀ Past4.130% of the headline
● Present5.640% of the headline
▶ Future6.030% 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?

4.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2020; the latest 2026-07-31.

weight 33% of this tense · 7th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

SkyWater Technology, Inc.'s filings since 2020 show 3 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2026-07-31); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2024-06-26); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2025-11-10) (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?

+25.9% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 1 of 6.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SkyWater Technology, Inc.'s 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $140 million in fiscal 2021 to $442 million in fiscal 2025, up 25.9% a year; it rose in 5 of 5 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 1 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span25.9%top 12% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 6% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 24% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 6% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
2.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 6.1% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 16 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 22nd percentile among 67 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-28, SkyWater Technology, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 6.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its net income over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 16 sales (5 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 30% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 14% 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?

5.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 61%: 61¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 73%: owes 73¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 95 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-28, SkyWater Technology, Inc. earned about 61 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 12 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 73 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 2.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 14% of its family
  • return on equitytop 4% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 28% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 41% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
7.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 30% of 97 in its family; net margin 26.9%.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 97 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SkyWater Technology, Inc.'s standing among 97 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $442 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 37% by size; a net margin of 26.9% ranks in the top 13%; revenue growth of 27.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 13% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$442Mbottom 37% of its family
  • net margin26.9%top 13% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth27.7%top 13% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 42% of 67 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 67 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

SkyWater Technology, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Sonderman, Thomas (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-04-20, 5.6 years (top 42% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.1 years (bottom 5%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 38%; 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 charge5 in three years among 12 peopletop 38% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.1 yearsbottom 5% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.6 yearstop 42% 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?

6.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 22% of 94 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 22nd percentile among 94 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

SkyWater Technology, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $23 million against debt of $39 million leaves -2.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 27% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -12.1% of revenue (bottom 29%); a gross margin of 19.7% (bottom 21%); research spending of 3.3% of revenue (bottom 9%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-2.1%bottom 27% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-12.1%bottom 29% of its family
  • gross margin19.7%bottom 21% of its family
  • research spending against revenue3.3%bottom 9% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
7.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 30% of 93 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SkyWater Technology, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 27.7% a year over the last three filed years against 25.9% over all 6, speeding up (top 22% of its family); the newest year grew 29.3% (top 30%); research spending grew 15.8% a year (top 23%); capital spending grew 12.6% a year (top 44%) (its annual reports). SkyWater Technology, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Legacy Sky Water at $267 million (60%), Sky Water Texas at $175 million (40%); 0 of 1 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+1.8 points a yeartop 22% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth29.3%top 30% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending15.8%top 23% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending12.6%top 44% 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
7.0/10

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

top 30% of 88 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 70th percentile among 88 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

SkyWater Technology, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $442 million in fiscal 2025 came in 1.8% above the $434 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 30% of its family); net income of $119 million against a prior three-year average of $26 million (top 3%); a net margin of 26.9% against -10.4% before (top 15%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1.8%bottom 30% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times its prior average or moretop 3% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+37.3 pointstop 15% 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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