Company Analysis

Simulations Plus, Inc. (SLP)

SLP · Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design · Research Triangle Park, NC · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.7
◀ Past 6.1● Present 5.7▶ Future 4.9

The grade of Simulations Plus, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.7/10
◀ Past6.140% of the headline
● Present5.735% of the headline
▶ Future4.925% 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?

6.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-10-06.

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

From the record

Simulations Plus, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2026-10-06); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-07-15) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
7.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+13.7% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 3 of 4.

weight 45% of this tense · 79th percentile among 38 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Simulations Plus, Inc.'s 4 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $54 million in fiscal 2022 to $79 million in fiscal 2025, up 13.7% a year; it rose in 3 of 3 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 3 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span13.7%top 31% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 17% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 20% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 17% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.1% a year. 56% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 12 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-08-31, Simulations Plus, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 56% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 12 sales (12 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-06 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 17% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 23% 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?

5.7/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -52%: lost 52¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 5%: owes 5¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-08-31, Simulations Plus, Inc. lost about 52 cents 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 5 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 1% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 20% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 25% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 22% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 48% of 40 in its family; net margin -81.7%.

weight 45% of this tense · 48th percentile among 40 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Simulations Plus, Inc.'s standing among 40 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $79 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 38% by size; a net margin of -81.7% ranks in the bottom 34%; revenue growth of 13.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 29% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$79.2Mbottom 38% of its family
  • net margin-81.7%bottom 34% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth13.7%top 29% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
6.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 38% of 26 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Simulations Plus, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Oconnor, Shawn (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-07-06, 8.4 years (top 24% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.8 years (top 14%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (bottom 25%; 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 charge9 in three years among 10 peoplebottom 25% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.8 yearstop 14% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8.4 yearstop 24% 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?

4.9/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 32% of 39 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 68th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Simulations Plus, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $31 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 23.4% of its assets as net cash, top 26% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 22% of revenue (top 12%); a gross margin of 58.4% (top 23%); research spending of 8.7% of revenue (bottom 31%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets23.4%top 26% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue22.0%top 12% of its family
  • gross margin58.4%top 23% of its family
  • research spending against revenue8.7%bottom 31% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 37% of 38 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 38 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Simulations Plus, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 13.7% a year over the last three filed years against 13.7% over all 4, speeding up (top 42% of its family); the newest year grew 13.1% (top 39%); research spending grew 29% a year (top 11%); capital spending grew -4.5% a year (bottom 43%) (its annual reports). Simulations Plus, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Software at $46 million (58%), Services at $33 million (42%); 2 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 42% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth13.1%top 39% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending29.0%top 11% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-4.5%bottom 43% 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
1.9/10

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

bottom 19% of 32 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 19th percentile among 32 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Simulations Plus, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $79 million in fiscal 2025 came in 0.8% below the $80 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 45% of its family); net income of $65 million against a prior three-year average of $11 million (bottom 3%); a net margin of -81.7% against 18% before (bottom 8%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-0.8%bottom 45% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times below its prior average or morebottom 3% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-99.8 pointsbottom 8% 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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