Company Analysis

Sequans Communications S.A. (SQNS)

NYSE: SQNS · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Colombes, FR · filing with the SEC since 2011
Grade4.8
◀ Past 4.6● Present 4.8▶ Future 4.8
3 est.

The grade of Sequans Communications S.A.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.8/10
◀ Past4.630% of the headline
● Present4.840% of the headline
▶ Future4.830% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 6 read as filed from the record and 3 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-04-30.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Sequans Communications S.A.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 3 times, the latest 2026-04-30) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
6.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+21.8% a year over 3 filed years; profitable in 0 of 3.

weight 45% of this tense · 69th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sequans Communications S.A.'s 3 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $33 million in fiscal 2015 to $48 million in fiscal 2017, up 21.8% 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 span21.8%top 20% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 6% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 10% 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
1.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 24.6% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 14th percentile among 67 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2024-12-31, Sequans Communications S.A.'s diluted share count grew about 24.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its net income over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales 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 14% 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?

4.8/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
5.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 104%: 104¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 48%: owes 48¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 95 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31, Sequans Communications S.A. earned about 104 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 26 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 48 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 26.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 29% of its family
  • return on equitytop 1% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 31% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 16% 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 97 in its family; net margin -54.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 38th percentile among 97 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sequans Communications S.A.'s standing among 97 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $48 million in fiscal 2017 ranks in the bottom 21% by size; a net margin of -54.2% ranks in the bottom 16%; revenue growth of 21.8% a year over the last 2 filed years ranks in the top 23% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$48.3Mbottom 21% of its family
  • net margin-54.2%bottom 16% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth21.8%top 23% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate
5.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

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

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 78 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-01-09 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 78 members with one.
What the record cannot read
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-01-09 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
family median, 78 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: Sequans Communications S.A.'s leadership is put at 5.4 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-01-09 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 78 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.8/1030% of the headline grade · 1 of 3 filed, 2 estimated

Room to expand

SI estimate
4.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

SI estimate 4.6/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 45% of this tense · 46th percentile among 97 sector filers · read for itself

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the bottom 46% of 97 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash less debt against assets, the one part on file, ranked among 97 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: Sequans Communications S.A.'s room to expand is put at 4.6 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the bottom 46% of 97 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 50% of 93 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sequans Communications S.A.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2017: revenue grew 21.8% a year over the last three filed years against 21.8% over all 3, speeding up (top 28% of its family); the newest year grew 5.9% (bottom 40%); research spending grew 2.6% a year (bottom 37%) (its annual reports). Sequans Communications S.A. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 28% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth5.9%bottom 40% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending2.6%bottom 37% 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
5.2/10

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

SI estimate 5.2/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 88 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 88 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, 88 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: Sequans Communications S.A.'s expectations vs reality is put at 5.2 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 88 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 SQNS · research, not advice